Mascella, Allison; Teja, Shahzia; Thompson, Brennan S. - In: Canadian Public Policy 35 (2009) 3, pp. 373-379
In this article, we consider the possibility of alleviating poverty in Ontario through minimum wage increases. Using survey data from 2004 to profile low wage earners and poor households, we find two important results. First, over 80 percent of low wage earners are not members of poor households...