Raising the Minimum Wage Is Not an Effective Way to Eliminate

question 294

Multiple Choice

Raising the minimum wage is not an effective way to eliminate poverty because increases in the minimum wage:

• A) do not increase incomes.
• B) create incentives for workers to exit the labor force.
• C) create higher unemployment.
• D) tend to simply increase birth rates among low-income households.

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