Summer jobs minimized (Opinion)
Summer jobs minimized (Opinion)
- May 11, 2018
- David Neumark, economics, via The Times-Tribune, May 11, 2018
A recent Mercatus Center study, authored by economists David Neumark and Cortnie Shupe,
identified higher minimum wages as the “predominant factor” in the decline in the
teen labor force participation rate. The economists studied the sharp decline in teen
employment since 2000, and cited that “a rising minimum wage [on the state and federal
level] could have priced some teenagers out of the labor market.”
For the full story, please visit http://thetimes-tribune.com/opinion/summer-jobs-minimized-1.2335905.
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