Minimum wage fight may heat up after new study finds jobs and hours fell in Seattle

Minimum wage fight may heat up after new study finds jobs and hours fell in Seattle
- June 26, 2017
- David Neumark, economics, in the San Diego Tribune, June 26, 2017
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“A high minimum wage in Los Angeles is likely to do more harm because you have more minority, low-pay, low-skill workers,” said David Neumark, an economist at UC Irvine.
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