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Publication Date: January 2004
Publisher: Economic Opportunity Institute
Author(s): Marilyn P. Watkins
Research Area: Labor
Keywords: Cost of living; Minimum Wage; Inflation
Type: Fact sheet
Coverage: Washington
Abstract:
Reviews criticisms of Washington's groundbreaking minimum wage law, specifically refuting a suggested causal connection between the state's relatively high minimum wage and a higher than average unemployment rate. Offers statistical proof that Washington has lost jobs at a lower rate than the national average, and that those losses occurred in high-wage manufacturing sectors not impacted by increases in the minimum wage.