State poverty report fails statistical sniff test
State poverty report fails statistical sniff test
- November 9, 2014
- Research by David Neumark, economics Chancellor’s Professor, is featured in the Green Bay Press Gazette Nov. 9, 2014
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From the Green Bay Press Gazette:
A minimum wage hike in Wisconsin would likely to do more harm than good. According
to economists at the University of California, Irvine and the Federal Reserve Board,
the vast majority of academic research – including 85 percent of the best studies
since the early 1990s – points to job loss following a minimum wage increase.
For the full story, please visit http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/opinion/2014/11/09/state-poverty-report-fails-statistical-sniff-test/18776609/.
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