Raising minimum wage kills jobs: UCI study
Raising minimum wage kills jobs: UCI study
- December 17, 2014
- Research by David Neumark, economics Chancellor’s Professor, is featured in the OC Weekly Dec. 17, 2014
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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.
For the full story, please visit
http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2014/12/raising_minimum_wage_cuts_jobs_uci_study.php.
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