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We live in the future! (lemmy.zip)

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[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Again, this "minimum wage causes unemployment" fantasy. This is just nonsense meant to justify poverty wages.

It is hard to find a negative effect on employment effect of rises in the minimum wage: the elusive employment effect. It is much easier to find an impact on wage.

https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/107415/1/manning_edit_revision.pdf