Empty promises on minimum wage

Empty promises on minimum wage
- September 18, 2013
- Research by David Neumark, economics Chancellor's Professor and Center for Economics & Public Policy director, is featured in the Orange County Register September 18, 2013
From the OC Register:
A study from a team of economists at the Federal Reserve and the University of California,
Irvine helps explain this dynamic. They studied the experience of poor families before
and after an increase in the minimum wage. They found that – as expected – those who
received a bump in hourly pay and kept their jobs were better off.
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