Sen, Anindya; Rybczynski, Kathleen; Van De Waal, Corey - In: Labour Economics 18 (2011) 1, pp. 36-47
In May 2007, the U.S. Congress enacted legislation, which increased the Federal minimum hourly wage from $5.15 to $7.25, over a two year time period. This increase to the minimum wage was the first in nearly a decade and was approved with the objective of alleviating poverty among low-income...
