The evidence is piling up that higher minimum wages kill jobs
The evidence is piling up that higher minimum wages kill jobs
- December 15, 2015
- Research by David Neumark, economics Chancellor’s Professor, is featured in The Wall Street Journal Dec. 15, 2015
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From the WSJ:
[David] Neumark, economics professor and director of the Center for Economics and
Public Policy at the University of California, Irvine [writes]: Economists point to
a crucial question: Will a higher minimum wage reduce the number of jobs for the country’s
least skilled workers? President Obama says “there is no solid evidence that a higher
minimum wage costs jobs.” On the contrary, a full and fair reading of the evidence
shows the opposite. Raising the minimum wage will cost jobs, particularly those held
by the least-skilled.
For the full story, please visit http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-evidence-is-piling-up-that-higher-minimum-wages-kill-jobs-1450220824.
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