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EPI Minimum Wage Issue Guide (updated April 15 2007)

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Content Inside: Minimum Wage Issue Guide Last updated April 2007 General Information on the Minimum Wage Minimum wage Facts at a glance Frequently asked questions (FAQ) about the minimum wage Key Tables and Charts q Figure 1: Real value of the minimum wage 1950-2006 q Figure 2: The minimum wage relative to the average wage 1950-2006 q Figure 3: Minimum wage workers and the poverty threshold q Figure 4: Annual minimum wage earnings in 2005 dollars and the poverty level for family of three q Figure 5: Real minimum and average wages 1950-2006 q Table 1: Characteristics of workers affected by minimum wage increase to $7.25 q Table 2: Distribution of minimum wage gains by total household earnings q Table 3: Total workers affected by a federal minimum wage increase to $7.25 by state q Table 3a: Workers directly affected by a federal minimum wage increase to $7.25 by state q Table 4: The real value of the minimum wage 1947-2006 q Table 5: State minimum wages greater than the federal minimum wage (as of April 15 2007) Key EPI Publications Tax credits or minimum wages? We need both by Jared Bernstein and Elaine Maag March 2007 A fish is not a fowl: Tax credits and the minimum wage by Max B. Sawicky February 2007 Minimum Wage Issue Guide Minimum wage maximum pork: The breaks could just as easily benefit owners not affected by the wage increase by Max B. Sawicky February 2007 Minimum wage increasingly lags poverty line by Liana Fox January 2007 Like a fish needs a bicycle: Does a minimum wage increase require new business tax cuts? by Max B. Sawicky January 2007 Keep it clean: There's no good reason to lard the coming minimum wage bill with extraneous new tax cuts by Jared Bernstein and Lawrence Mishel January 2007 Tax incentives for businesses in response to a minimum wage increase by Jared Bernstein January 2007 Raising the minimum wage to $7.25 is an important first step by Jared Bernstein and Ross Eisenbrey December 2006 State minimum wages: A policy that works by Paul Wolfson ...

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