Current Events > Berkley: Minimum wage hikes in six cities: big impact on pay, none on jobs

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http://news.berkeley.edu/story_jump/minimum-wage-hikes-in-six-cities-big-impact-on-pay-none-on-jobs/

Damn. This is great. Tbqh, bumping it up to $15 might not be a bad idea after all. (Not necessarily across the board since $15 per hour out in the middle of nowhere couldn't be sustained. But definitely in the bigger cities/areas where that wage can be sustained.)

In a healthy market in big cities it makes little difference since they usually pay that much anyway. In a downturn, those cities will be hit the hardest and will take the longest to recover.

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In a healthy market in big cities it makes little difference since they usually pay that much anyway. In a downturn, those cities will be hit the hardest and will take the longest to recover.

This report was looking at employees who were not making that much before.