Friday, January 17, 2014

Great blog post by Kevin Erdmann on minimum wages and teenage labor

Link is here

The author shows how teenage employment fluctuated during seven different minimum wage increases.  He has graphics for all seven, but I think this one below that he includes does a great job summing up the evidence:

Source: Idiosyncraticwhisk.blogspot.com

The trend after a higher minimum wage is enacted clearly is followed by a decrease in teenage employment.


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