The IGM Forum, which is run by the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, polled top economists on the minimum wage. The first question they asked was whether raising the minimum wage could make it harder for some low-wage workers to find jobs.
The second question was whether they thought increasing the minimum wage was worth it given the possible downsides.
Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor
via Economists think minimum wage is worth it.
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