Minimum-wage hikes affecting hourly workers in 19 states

The Washington Times cited CEI’s expert on labor’s minimum wage

Sean Higgins, an analyst at the libertarian Competitive Enterprise Institute, said U.S. workers earn an average of $35 per hour.

“Raising the minimum wage in high-income areas is the political equivalent of virtue signaling, a way for politicians to send the message they care without affecting anything,” Mr. Higgins said.

According to a forthcoming study accepted for publication in the Journal of Labor Economics, the “fight for $15” minimum wage reduced employment rates among unskilled workers by more than 2.5% in states that adopted this benchmark from 2011 to 2019.

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