Sask. minimum wage fight more nuanced than it appears (Opinion)
Sask. minimum wage fight more nuanced than it appears (Opinion)
- October 3, 2017
- Research by David Neumark, economics, in the Regina Leader-Post, Oct. 3, 2017
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In an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau statistics from 1980 to 2015, economists Grace Lordan (London School of Economics) and David Neumark (University of California at Irvine) concluded minimum-wage earners are “quite vulnerable to employment changes and job loss because of automation following a minimum-wage increase.”
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