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- Title
Could Raising the Minimum Wage Improve the Public's Health?
- Authors
Leigh, J. Paul
- Abstract
The author reflects on the impact an increase in the minimum wage would have on the public's health in the United States. He comments on public health research into the minimum wage and their findings including low birth weight and post-neonatal mortality. He mentions the lack of variation in time series research and talks about research using simulation models to estimate the effects that raising New York City's minimum wage to 15 dollars per hour would be.
- Subjects
UNITED States; WAGE theory; INCOME; RESEARCH methodology; POVERTY; PUBLIC health; WAGES; HEALTH &; social status
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2016, Vol 106, Issue 8, p1355
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2016.303288