Harris Adopted Economic Policy That Experts Worry Could Harm Tipped Workers
Harris Adopted Economic Policy That Experts Worry Could Harm Tipped Workers
- September 14, 2024
- David Neumark and Maysen Yen, economics, The Daily Caller, Sept. 14, 2024 (Contributor)
An August 2022 Employment Policies Institute (EPI) study conducted by University of California Irvine distinguished economics professor David Neumark and Maysen Yen, an economics graduate student at the same institution, found that a $1 increase to the tipped minimum wage could lead to a decrease of up to 5.6% in quarterly earnings for full-service restaurant employees. That same $1 increase would also reduce employment in the restaurant industry by 6.1%, according to the study.
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