Higher Minimum Wage Boosts Pay Without Reducing Jobs, Study Says
- Researchers see no ‘significant negative employment effects’
- Federal minimum wage has been at $7.25 per hour since 2009
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Minimum wage increases in six U.S. cities boosted worker pay without harming job growth, according to a study released Thursday by University of California at Berkeley researchers.
Economists at the school’s Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics examined U.S. Labor Department data from the first major cities to raise their local wage floors above $10 an hour: Washington, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose.