The Minimum Wage Kills Twelve More Jobs

I invite all those who claim increasing the minimum wage has no impact to visit Life Challenge of Michigan and tell them what you think. The organization is faith-based, so you will probably be treated cordially. But at least have the courage of your convictions. Tell these folks that you’re glad the higher minimum wage put one of their programs out of business. Continue Reading →

Who Really Gets the Minimum Wage

Every reputable economist who has studied the minimum wage has concluded it is a bad way to fight poverty. Far better is the earned income tax credit. However, that program will also not affect people living in households where no one works. Perhaps restoring the Clinton-era “welfare to work” programs would be helpful. Continue Reading →

The Minimum Wage Yet Again

David Neumark, J.M. Ian Salas, and William Wascher (NSW) used the same data that both ADR and DLR used. Their paper “Revisiting the Minimum Wage − Employment Debate: Throwing Out the Baby With the Bathwater?” (January, 2013. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 18681). In fact, the title is too kind. ADR and DLR have apparently thrown out the baby and kept (and published) the bathwater. Continue Reading →