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Does a higher minimum wage necessarily cost jobs?
Geoff Riley
15th January 2020
This is a topical debate in the UK following ion from the 6 per cent hike in the legal pay floor due to take effect this spring.
Can we learn anything from recent increases in minimum wages in the United States? Here is a short video to higher minimum wages in Seattle
And other video from Maine
What the US gets wrong about minimum wage
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
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