The wage mobility of minimum wage workers. (New Minimum Wage Research: A Symposium)

Industrial and Labor Relations Review | October 1, 1992| | Copyright

IN April 1990, the federal minimum wage was increased for the first time in nearly a decade. At its previous rate of $3.35 per hour, the statutory minimum had lost about one-third of its purchasing power and had also dropped relative to the median wage for hourly workers by a similar amount. With a rise to $3.80 in April 1990, the wages of about one million low-wage workers went up, and with a further rise to $4.25 in April 1991, over two million workers received higher wages.

Although the statutory increases were accompanied by immediate wage gains for ...

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