With reports from the European Commission, the UK Treasury advocating significant increases in minimum wage levels, Gabriel Ahlfeldt, Duncan Roth, and Tobias Seidel explore whether such ambitious minimum wage increases improve the living conditions of low-wage workers as advocated by proponents, or lead to massive job loss as feared by opponents.

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26 January 2022

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LSE Business Review

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https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2022/01/26/what-is-the-optimal-minimum-wage/

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