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538: Seattle’s Minimum Wage Hike may have gone too far? -- (link)

Posted by Strongbad (aka Rambler14) Jun 26 '17, 09:43

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The paper’s findings are preliminary and have not yet been subjected to peer review. And the authors stressed that even if their results hold up, their research leaves important questions unanswered. (fivethirtyeight.com)

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- the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one -- nm - oblique Jun 26, 09:59
- From the article, average compensation decreased, even as wages went up, due to reduced number of jobs. -- (edited) - znufrii Jun 26, 09:58 3
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    - It seems to me that it would be an important inflection point though, when the total earnings of labor decrease, even as per-hour wages go up. -- (edited) - znufrii Jun 26, 10:17 1
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No time to read now, but how does that square with this from just the other day? -- (link) - pmb Jun 26, 09:46 [Backboard] 2
- the study linked in your post is by Berkeley and it focused exclusively on restaurants...UW did the other one and it looked across a broader range -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 09:49
- For one, it looks like they're using results from 2 separate studies. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 26, 09:48

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