,A Higher Minimum Wage Equals Less Economic Freedom

A Higher Minimum Wage Equals Less Economic Freedom


 

Publication Date: March 2007

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Tim Kane; Anthony B. Kim

Research Area: Labor

Keywords: Labor; index; minimum wage

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

Raising the minimum wage by 40 percent would lower the United States' score in the Index of Economic Freedom.