From the NYT:
David Neumark, an economics professor at the University of California, Irvine, estimated that raising the state’s minimum to $15 would reduce employment among the least skilled by 5 percent to 10 percent. … “There’s no question that a minimum-wage increase will help more people than it hurts,” he said. “But it takes a lot of people getting a $300 raise to offset someone losing their job.”

For the full story, please visit http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/03/sunday-review/how-the-15-minimum-wage-went-from-laughable-to-viable.html?_r=0.