Economists like the University of California, Irvine’s David Neumark and my colleague Allison Schrager support boosting this credit rather than the minimum wage. Neumark and Schrager are from a long line of economists concerned about how free markets for labor impact the poor, but question whether the minimum wage is the best tool to address those issues.

For the full story, please visit https://qz.com/1034952/economists-still-cant-decide-whether-the-minimum-wage-is-a-good-thing/.

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