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Potential Economic Impact of Increasing the Minimum Wage in Massachusetts

The Commonwealth’s legislature is currently considering a proposal that would increase the state minimum wage in two steps over the next two years to $8.25 per hour by 2007. Advocates on both sides of the issue have each released a report on the bill’s likely economic impacts. In this report, the author reviews the arguments on both sides of the issue. In doing so, the author discusses
and critiques, where applicable, the evidence presented in the two reports that have been issued on either side of the debate.

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