A 10 per cent increase in the minimum wage leads to, on average, a three to six per cent decline in youth employment.
low-income measure
July 7, 2017
12:18PM
After Seattle’s minimum wage increased to $13 per hour, the total number of low-wage jobs declined by 6.8 per cent.
May 17, 2017
10:15AM
The vast majority of minimum wage workers—85 per cent—do not live in low-income households.
March 7, 2016
4:14PM
Most Canadians who earn the minimum wage are not “poor,” and most of the working poor earn more than the minimum wage.
December 22, 2015
3:12PM
Campaign 2000 is crudely measuring income inequality, not poverty.