According to the Textbook, What Is the Main Effect of Minimum-Wage

question 88

Multiple Choice

According to the textbook, what is the main effect of minimum-wage legislation?

• A) eradication of poverty
• B) creation of a group of working poor
• C) creation of a group of unemployed poor
• D) motivation for the poor to escape poverty

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