IMPACT RAISING THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE TESTIMONY HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION WORKFORCE MEMBER FORUM ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE ABOUT ABOUT EVENTS NEWSROOM CAREERS STAFF BOARD OF DIRECTORS NEWSLETTER CONTACT GIVE DONATE AREAS RESEARCH VIEW TAXES PUBLIC INVESTMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION GREEN ECONOMICS HEALTH IMMIGRATION INEQUALITY POVERTY JOBS UNEMPLOYMENT RACE AND ETHNICITY REGULATION RETIREMENT TRADE GLOBALIZATION LABOR STANDARDS INCOMES WEALTH PUBLICATIONS EXPERTS RESOURCES DATA LIBRARY ECONOMIC INDICATORS GDP HEALTH INSURANCE INCOME SEEKERS RATIO TRACKER MISSING WORKERS NATIONAL NOMINAL STATE RACE ETHNICITY FAMILY BUDGET CALCULATOR BOOKSTORE MULTIMEDIA WORKING AMERICA ECONOMIC ANALYSIS NETWORK BLOG RANKING MEMBER DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS THANK YOU SPEAK WITH YOU MY NAME IS DAVID THE SENIOR ECONOMIC ANALYST NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IMPROVING CONDITIONS GOING TO TODAY FEDERAL THE RESEARCH THE EFFECT CANNOT ENOUGH THE CURRENT RELEVANT THE HIGH POINT EQUAL TO HOUR THE BUREAU LABOR MEASURE WORTH CURRENT METHOD MEASURING MEANS PAID QUARTER LESS THAN SIMILAR ALMOST YEARS AGO THE MAJORITY IN AMERICA MUST RELY FEDERAL AND STATE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ORDER AFFORD BASIC NEEDS PERCENT GOVERNMENT FOOD TAX CREDITS HOUSING ENERGY SUBSIDIES BILLION DOLLARS SUPPORT FAMILIES UNDERESTIMATE VALUE MEDICAID PREMIUM HEALTHCARE NEED NEED TO SAVINGS SIMPLY STANDARD PAPER LAST SAVE RAISED IMPROVEMENTS HALF MEDIAN THE UNITED STATES FIGURE SOMEONE FARTHER AWAY MIDDLE CLASS GENERATION SOMETIMES STARTER YOUNG PEOPLE ENTERING LABOR FORCE KNOW THAT AVERAGE RAISE INCREASE VAST MAJORITY CASES WHERE IT THE MIDDLE CLASS PREVIOUS SHARE THE NATIONAL PROJECTED OECD DATA BELOW SAVED COPIED UNDERLYING PROJECTIONS ACT OF APPENDIX CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY ANNUAL SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SUPPLEMENT MICRODATA ROTATION GROUP FACEBOOK TWEET CHART THE CODE YOUR IMAGE WAGE FLOOR POSITION CONSERVATIVE CLOSER HELPING UNDO TAKEN INCREASING DISCUSSED ALWAYS CONCERN MIGHT HURT JOB GROWTH TIMES MINIMUM WAGES NEVER EMPLOYMENT PROBABLY TOPIC IN LABOR CONSENSUS LITERATURE MODERATE LITTLE IN FACT THIS WAS THE CONCLUSION LETTER SENT THE LEADERS HOUSES CONGRESS SIGNED WINNERS NOBEL THE LETTER RECENT ACADEMIC LITERATURE THE WEIGHT EVIDENCE SHOWING NEGATIVE THE EMPLOYMENT WEAKNESS LABOR MARKET STUDY PUBLISHED BOOK DALE BELMAN PAUL CONDUCTED SCHOLARLY PAPERS WAGES THE WORKING POOR WORK HOURS SOLID BENEFITS SUBSEQUENTLY AWARDED PRINCETON BOWEN THE BOOK CONTRIBUTION TOWARD UNDERSTANDING PUBLIC POLICY RELATED THE OPERATION LABOR MARKETS PAST MEASURABLE POSITIVE HIGHER REDUCE TURNOVER TENURE LEADING PRODUCTIVITY COSTS COME FROM HOUSEHOLDS SPEND THE RISING MODEST BOOST CONSUMER SPENDING BUSINESS PARTICULARLY CONSUMER DEMAND THIS IS TRUE FIRMS HAVE TO PRICE THE HIGHER FACTOR LABOR COSTS ONE PIECE OVERALL OPERATING COSTS PREVIOUSLY SIMULTANEOUSLY TENS MILLIONS AMERICAN BUYING POWER RELIANCE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE BACK UP RELATIVE VALUE HAMPER ENCOURAGE PASS ENDNOTES BALANCING JOHN SCHMITT LAWRENCE MISHEL WE CAN LIFT SIGN UPJOHN INSTITUTE WILLIAM LESTER MICHAEL REICH THE PRICE RESPONSE INDUSTRIES FAST FOR EACH PRICES ROSE ALLEGRETTO LOCAL MINIMUM WORK SEARCH ADVANCED UP TO TRACK TWITTER TWEETS THINK TANK TRENDS POLICIES THE UNITED POLICYMAKERS OPINION LEADERS THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND ORDINARY FOLLOW SUITE ECONOMIC POLICY POLICY PROJECTS PUBLIC EDUCATION INITIATIVE URGENT NATIONAL POLICY AUTHORITATIVE THE LIVING STANDARDS TOOLS CLARITY DIALOGUE ECONOMIC INEQUALITY APPROACH CAMPAIGN THE LINK SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS LIVES