Will increasing the minimum wage help the poor?

Minimum wages help some families to escape poverty, but employment losses associated with raising the minimum also appear to cause some families to fall into poverty. The authors' estimates suggest that on balance, the second of these effects outweighs the first; therefore, the net result of raising the minimum wage is an increase in the proportion of poor families.

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Year of publication:	1999
Authors:	Neumark, David ; Schweitzer, Mark ; Wascher, William
Published in:	Economic Commentary. - Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. - 1999, Feb, 1
Publisher:	Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Subject:	Minimum wage \| Employment (Economic theory)

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Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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