Opinion: The least effective minimum-wage hike
Opinion: The least effective minimum-wage hike
- August 15, 2022
- David Neumark, economics, The Wall Street Journal, Aug. 15, 2022 (Opinion)
David Neumark, UCI Distinguished Professor of economics writes, “Raising the minimum wage so that employers must pay tipped workers more—when the minimum is only $2.13—is a great sound bite. But a higher tipped minimum wage will do little to help low-income families and even less than an ineffective general minimum-wage increase.”
For the full story, please visit https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-least-effective-minimum-wage-hike-tipping-bill-workers-employers-family-income-cost-tips-11660595677?page=1.
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