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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsStates That Raised Their Minimum Wages Are Experiencing Faster Job Growth
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/07/03/3456393/minimum-wage-state-increase-employment/Think a higher minimum wage is a job killer? Think again: The states that raised their minimum wages on January 1 have seen higher employment growth since then than the states that kept theirs at the same rate.
The minimum wage went up in 13 states Arizona, Connecticut, Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington either thanks to automatic increases in line with inflation or new legislation, as Ben Wolcott reports in his analysis at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. The average change in employment for those states over the first five months of the year as compared with the last five of 2013 is .99 percent, while the average for all remaining states is .68 percent.
Digging deeper, all but one of those states are experiencing increases in employment, and nine of them have seen growth above the median rate.
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States That Raised Their Minimum Wages Are Experiencing Faster Job Growth (Original Post)
cal04
Jul 2014
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FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)1. Another "No Shit Sherlock" moment
steve2470
(37,457 posts)2. I wonder what happened in NJ ? nt
n2doc
(47,953 posts)5. Chrispie happened
Hard to overcome that.
Blue Owl
(50,402 posts)3. Ya mean the Repukes are WRONG again?
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)4. Keep this one alive!
n2doc
(47,953 posts)6. And that "high tax state" California is kicking Texas' butt!
Fuck you, Perry, and the outhouse you work from.