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An article arguing that the minimum wage is partly responsible for unemployment among not only African-American youth but also violent young French Muslims as well.
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From Vermont's livable wage campaign, lots of information about the economics and politics of raising the state's minimum wage.
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Article on how US minimum wage jobs are not enough to support a family, and keep families in grinding poverty.
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Essay concerning the origin of the minimum wage and its negative impact on women, minorities, and unskilled workers.
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From Oregon, a report showing strong growth in the restaurant and farm industries that pay the state's high minimum wage.
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Examines legislation that would automatically escalate the minimum wage based on earnings elsewhere in the economy.
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Economic Policy Institute guide on the benefits of the minimum wage and effects of an increase, FAQ, and database of related news articles.
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Mackinac Center study arguing against the minimum wage, by Michael LaFaive.
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Report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
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Sources of information about the federal minimum wage, arguments both for and against raising it, research studies, news, politics, and the wage in other countries.
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A campaign to end the Canadian training wage, raise the minimum wage to $12/hour, and win workers the respect they deserve.
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From the Joint Economic Committee in Congress, a compilation of links to 1995-1996 reports against the minimum wage increase being considered at that time.
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From the Economic Policy Institute, an analysis of how a minimum wage increase would help working women and reduce the gender gap in wages.
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An economist's testimony to a House of Representatives subcommittee on why the federal minimum wage should be raised.
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From 1988, a popular analysis of the economic, social, and political reasons not to raise the minimum wage.
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Information from the federal Department of Labor.
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Three charts showing changes in the minimum wage, its value, and its relationship to the poverty level over the last several decades.
