UW Economists Find Some—But Not All—Workers Benefit from Minimum Wage Increase

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Researchers at the University of Washington published a new study this week on the effects of Seattle's minimum wage, and their results were mixed: While some Seattle workers have benefited from the increased minimum wage, which increased from $11 to $13 in 2016 (and is at least $15 for larger employers as of 2018), others, they found, have not.The researchers analyzed data on employment rate, work hours, and earnings over an 18-month period, before a