Effects of California $20 fast food wage: No good deed goes unpunished

A study from UC Santa Cruz finds California's $20 fast food minimum wage may have come with "unintended consequences." ...

Reopening the minimum wage debate

Fifty years ago, the minimum wage debate was all but settled among economists. Left to their own devices, people seeking employment and employers seeking labour would settle at an “equilibrium price”.

California's $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers led to 'negative outcomes,' researchers say

California's fast-food minimum wage hike to $20 resulted in job losses, higher prices, and reduced worker hours, a University ...
Capital & Main

Despite Apocalyptic Warnings, California Fast Food Wage Hike Didn’t Kill Jobs

The wage law has been the subject of overheated rhetoric since it was first discussed, when opponents suggested that raising ...

Editorial: The fallout of California’s minimum wage folly

Computers don’t call in sick, and companies don’t pay them by the hour. As the cost of labor increases, automation makes more ...
American Enterprise Institute

The Heterogeneous Effects of Large and Small Minimum Wage Changes on Hours Worked: Evidence Using a Partially Pre-Committed Analysis Plan

We use a partially pre-committed estimation strategy to study the effects of minimum wage increases on hours worked. Analyzing CPS and ACS data from 2011–2019, we estimate that relatively large ...

California advocates insist on raising minimum wage to $30 despite research showing negative outcomes

A $30 minimum wage ballot initiative is being pushed in Oakland and Alameda County by One Fair Wage, despite studies linking ...
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Florida minimum wage boost takes effect next week. Here’s how high it will go

As a result, the minimum wage will be increased to $14 starting on Tuesday, Sept. 30. This also means that next year is the last scheduled minimum wage hike. From then on, the minimum wage is set to ...