America’s Well-Targeted Raise: Data Show Benefits of Minimum Wage Increase Going to Workers Who Need It Most
By Jared Bernstein
September 1, 1997
September 2, 1997 | EPI Issue Brief #118
America's well-targeted
raise
Data show benefits of
minimum wage increase going to workers who need it most
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