The minimum wage and regional wage structure: implications for income distribution.

From: Journal of Economic Issues | Date: September 1, 2002| Author: Levin-Waldman, Oren M. | Copyright information

The issue of the minimum wage in the United States is often couched as a debate between those arguing the youth disemployment effects on one hand and those arguing the potential benefits to those in poverty on the other. Because most minimum wage earners are teenagers, the argument goes, increasing the minimum wage to assist the poor would be badly targeted. Opponents of minimum wage increases are often quick to point out that only a small segment of the labor market, generally abou...

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