The Minimum Wage: Restricting Jobs for Youth


 

Publication Date: July 1981

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

Author(s): Peter G. Germanis

Research Area: Labor

Keywords: Labor

Type: Report

Abstract:

An objective evaluation of the facts would certainly mandate a lower minimum wage for today's youth. Because the minimum wage not only affects the youth labor market, but also young adults, the less educated, the elderly, etc., a far better proposal would be one eliminating the minimum wage altogether.