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Mai 18, 2023 1:00AM

Thinking About Poverty Part 2: Counting the Poor—The Empirical Evidence
Christopher A. Sarlo
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Thinking About Poverty Part 2: Counting the Poor—The Empirical Evidence
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Septembre 22, 2022 1:00AM

Thinking About Poverty Part 1: Counting the Poor
Christopher A. Sarlo
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Thinking About Poverty
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Août 28, 2017 10:56AM

The unintended consequences of a $15 minimum wage in B.C.
Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre
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A 10 per cent increase in the minimum wage leads to, on average, a three to six per cent decline in youth employment.

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Juillet 7, 2017 12:18PM

Minimum wage—good intentions not good enough
Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre, David Hunt
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After Seattle’s minimum wage increased to $13 per hour, the total number of low-wage jobs declined by 6.8 per cent.

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Mai 17, 2017 10:15AM

A higher minimum wage could hurt working Ontarians
Ben Eisen, Hugh MacIntyre, David Watson
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The vast majority of minimum wage workers—85 per cent—do not live in low-income households.

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Mars 7, 2016 4:14PM

Misguided minimum wage policies miss their target, hurt low-skilled workers
Robert P. Murphy, Charles Lammam
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Most Canadians who earn the minimum wage are not “poor,” and most of the working poor earn more than the minimum wage.

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Mars 3, 2016 1:30AM

Raising the Minimum Wage: Misguided Policy, Unintended Consequences
Robert P. Murphy, Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre
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Décembre 22, 2015 3:12PM

Misleading measure of ‘poverty’ does little to help those most in need
Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre
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Campaign 2000 is crudely measuring income inequality, not poverty.

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