Top: Society: Issues: Labor: Minimum Wage (17) See Also: Science: Social Sciences: Economics: Microeconomics The Ugly Truth About the Minimum Wage Law - Every increase in minimum wage has reduced employment at the lowest end of the pay scale. Democratic Hot Topics: Minimum Wage - From the U.S. House Democratic Leadership official site. Oregon Minimum Wage Increases Boost Welfare-to-Work Efforts - Report -5/29/98 - Report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Less than the Minimum - A practical application of conservative economics - Shows how the US minimum wage has in fact gone down in real terms. Humorous. Minimum Wage and Unemployment - Chart which explains how the minimum wage theoretically creates an artificial shortage of jobs. Minimum Wage Escalation - Examines legislation that would automatically escalate the minimum wage based on earnings elsewhere in the economy. The Minimum Wage: Washington's Perennial Myth - Policy analysis from the Cato Institute that takes a critical look at efforts to legislate a higher minimum wage. The $hit End of the Stick - Site devoted to issues concerning the working poor. Sense and Nonsense on the Minimum Wage - Article from Regulation magazine that argues against the minimum wage. Minimum Wage - It Just Doesn't Add Up - Article on how US minimum wage jobs are not enough to support a family, and keep families in grinding poverty. Almanac of Policy Issues: Minimum Wage - News, background information, and links on the U.S. minimum wage. Does an Increase in the Minimum Wage Result in a Higher Unemployment Rate? - Article discussing the employment effects of the minimum wage. U.S. Department of Labor - Wage and Hour Division - Information from the federal Department of Labor. Minimum Wage and Fairness - Mackinac Center study arguing against the minimum wage, by Michael LaFaive. Minimum Wage Causes Maximum Pain - Essay concerning the origin of the minimum wage and its negative impact on women, minorities, and unskilled workers. Minimum/Living Wage - Articles from the Welfare Information Network. Justice and Charity in Wages - This article gives a Roman Catholic perspective on the minimum wage debate.

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