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Wednesday, April 01, 2015

Three studies of L.A. minimum wage boosts reach different conclusions



Three studies of L.A. minimum wage boosts reach different conclusions

Three studies of L.A. minimum wage boosts reach different conclusions

Would boosting L.A.'s minimum wage to $13.25 or $15.25 an hour pump up the city's economy — or deflate it?
Economists hired by business and labor groups and the city released competing studies Thursday on what would happen if Los Angeles boosted pay for hundreds of thousands of workers. The new analyses mark the latest step in a pitched debate over how or whether the city should increase the minimum wage as part of a national push to reduce poverty and economic inequality.

 



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