Wednesday, February 3, 2021

78% of economists surveyed agreed that a federal minimum wage of $15 per hour would lower employment for low-wage workers in many states

Click here to see the results. Update on Feb. 5. I misread the table. I added in the 33% uncertain. But this link goes into more detain on the issue and of the economists who did take a stand there were many more that agreed or agreed strongly than disagree


https://fee.org/articles/bloomberg-article-misleads-by-omitting-key-detail-about-economists-surveyed-on-15-minimum-wage/

"Question A:

The current US federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. States can choose whether to have a higher minimum - and many do.

A federal minimum wage of $15 per hour would lower employment for low-wage workers in many states."

 

 

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