The $15 minimum wage crowd tries a bait and switch
The $15 minimum wage crowd tries a bait and switch
- September 25, 2017
- David Neumark, economics, goes "under the hood" of the $15 minimum wage debate in new Wall Street Journal piece
Does the minimum wage destroy jobs? The debate over that question often reduces to dueling economic studies. One side cites analyses showing that employers respond to a wage floor by cutting hours or jobs. The other side pulls out studies saying the minimum wage is a free lunch for workers. To really understand what’s going on, you need to get under the hood.
Read on, courtesy of The Wall Street Journal (subscription required).
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