Higher minimum wage, higher unemployment? (Blog)
Higher minimum wage, higher unemployment? (Blog)
- February 13, 2013
- A study by David Neumark, economics Chancellor's Professor and Center for Economics & Public Policy director, is featured by FOX Business February 13, 2013
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From FOX Business:
EPI has also released studies showing minimum wage hikes do not reduce poverty levels;
disproportionately harm minorities; and fail to boost the economy. EPI’s Ford adds
that a recent study from University of California-Irvine’s David Neumark purportedly
found that separate research proving wage hikes don’t reduce employment “are without
merit.”
For the full story, please visit http://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/2013/02/13/higher-minimum-wage-higher....
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