Keyword: employment effects

Europe

The US Minimum Wage

This week's European Economic Experts Panel statements: A) A federal minimum wage of $15 per hour would lower employment for low-wage workers in many states. B) A federal minimum wage that is pegged to state and/or local conditions such as the cost of living would be preferable to the current arrangements that give states a role in setting the policy. 
US

The US Minimum Wage

This week's US Economic Experts Panel statements: A) A federal minimum wage of $15 per hour would lower employment for low-wage workers in many states. B) A federal minimum wage that is pegged to state and/or local conditions such as the cost of living would be preferable to the current arrangements that give states a role in setting the policy. 
US

Minimum Wage

This week’s IGM Economic Experts Panel statements: A: Raising the federal minimum wage to $9 per hour would make it noticeably harder for low-skilled workers to find employment. B: The distortionary costs of raising the federal minimum wage to $9 per hour and indexing it to inflation are sufficiently small compared with the benefits to low-skilled workers who can find employment that this would be a desirable policy.