From the OC Weekly:
One more reason no one gets raises: Increasing the minimum wage causes long-term job losses, according to UCI Irvine research. …  David Neumark, UC Irvine Chancellor's Professor of Economics.... advises separating "our feelings about low wages from the evidence on the effects of the government simply requiring employers to pay higher wages.

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