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Coupling a Federal Minimum Wage Hike with Public Investments to Make Work Pay and Reduce Poverty

Jennifer Romich, Heather D. Hill
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences February 2018, 4 (3) 22-43; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2018.4.3.02
Jennifer Romich
aAssociate professor of social welfare in the School of Social Work at the University of Washington and director of the West Coast Poverty Center
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Heather D. Hill
bAssociate professor in the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington
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RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Feb 2018, 4 (3) 22-43; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2018.4.3.02
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    • THE EVOLUTION OF U.S. MINIMUM WAGE LAWS
    • EVIDENCE ON MINIMUM WAGE EFFECTS ON POVERTY
    • IMPERFECT TARGETING
    • HETEROGENEOUS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
    • INTERACTIONS WITH INCOME SUPPORTS
    • THE PROPOSAL: A $12 FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE PLUS TARGETED PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
    • COST AND EFFECT ESTIMATES OF THE PROPOSAL
    • REDUCING MARGINAL TAX RATES FOR LOW-INCOME WORKERS
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