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Alan B. Krueger commenta la questione dell’innalzamento dello stipendio minimo a 15 dollari, questione che sta creando una serie di dibattiti negli USA, una possibile questione di divisione per le primarie del 2016, tra l’altro.

I am confident that a federal minimum wage that rises to around $12 an hour over the next five years or so would not have a meaningful negative effect on United States employment. One reason for this judgment is that around 140 research projects commissioned by Britain’s independent Low Pay Commission have found that the minimum wage “has led to higher than average wage increases for the lowest paid, with little evidence of adverse effects on employment or the economy.” A $12-per-hour minimum wage in the United States phased in over several years would be in the same ballpark as Britain’s minimum wage today.

 

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