Higher minimum wage puts the squeeze on business (Op-Ed)

Higher minimum wage puts the squeeze on business (Op-Ed)
- September 6, 2015
- Research by David Neumark, economics Chancellor’s Professor, is featured by the Miami Herald Sept. 6, 2015
From the Miami Herald:
University of California Irvine and Federal Reserve Board economists who studied decades
of minimum wage research concluded that wage hikes clearly cost jobs – particularly
among the least skilled. In 2013, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated
that 500,000 jobs would be lost with a national minimum-wage increase to $10.10.
For the full story, please visit http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article34269492.html.
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