An analysis of the impact of raising the minimum wage in Seattle on job availability and income for low-wage workers in the city cites research done in 2014 by Arindrajit Dube, economics. Dube suggests that the minimum wage can safely be set at the median hourly pay for a full-time worker without causing job losses. In a new paper he has co-authored, researchers say the minimum wage can be set a little higher than the median wage without having large negative impacts on employment. (Slate, 2/25/19)
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