Minimum Wage Laws: Pros, Cons, And Economic Impact

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The United Kingdom's National Living Wage originally applied only to workers 25 and older before the threshold dropped to 21, one policy choice in the reading's survey of how minimum wage rules vary by place. Early UK data showed slight employment drops in certain low-wage sectors but a stable overall economy, while cities such as Seattle and San Francisco produced mixed results, some workers gaining pay and others losing hours entirely.

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