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Tracking State Wage Hike Proposals Heading into Election Season
September 6, 2024•MinimumWage.com
Many states saw proposals in the legislature or filed as ballot measures to raise wage floors and/or eliminate the tip credit this year. While many have failed due to employee and small business opposition, there are still several that have qualified to go before voters on November 5. Learn more about proposed wage hikes facing…
What Do Economists Really Say about Wage Hikes?
August 30, 2024•MinimumWage.com
Recently, the Democratic National Committee released its party platform that included raising the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour. Around the same time, Princeton economist Alan Blinder claimed a federal wage hike to $15 wouldn’t cost jobs, because “research has shown this isn’t the case.” EPI’s Michael Saltsman and University of California-Irvine economist David…