Minimum wage increases are not an effective mechanism for reducing poverty. And there is little causal evidence that … to reduce poverty. It raises only the after-tax wage rates of workers in low- and moderate-income families, its tax …

Minimum wage increases are not a very effective mechanism for reducing poverty. They are not related to decreases in … poverty rates. They can cost some low-income workers their jobs. And most minimum wage earners who gain from a higher minimum … wage do not live in poor (or near-poor) families. A better tool for reducing poverty, and at lower cost, is the earned …

Minimum wage increases are not an effective mechanism for reducing poverty. And there is little causal evidence that … to reduce poverty. It raises only the after-tax wage rates of workers in low- and moderate-income families, the tax …

offset the cost of health care live in families with incomes twice the poverty line or more and, depending on how coverage is …

offset the cost of health care live in families with incomes twice the poverty line or more and, depending on how coverage is …

Advocates of minimum wage increases have long touted their potential to reduce poverty. This study assesses this claim ….17 percent increase in the probability of longer-run poverty among all persons. With 95% confidence, we can rule out long …-run poverty elasticities with respect to the minimum wage of less than -0.129, which includes central poverty elasticities …