reduce employment among the least-skilled workers they are intended to help. But they also increase wages for many of them …

The effects of minimum wages on employment, wages, earnings, and incomes, have been studied and debated for decades. In …

We review the burgeoning literature on the employment effects of minimum wages – in the United States and in other … wide range of existing estimates and, accordingly, a lack of consensus about the overall effects on low-wage employment of … that the minimum wage reduces employment of low-skilled workers is clearly incorrect. A sizable majority of the studies …