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Increasing the Minimum Wage Implications for Rural Poverty and Employment

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  • Whitener, Leslie A.
  • Parker, Timothy S.

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Recent proposals to increase the minimum wage from $5.15 to $6.15 an hour would probably affect a larger share of rural than urban workers. The greatest effect would be in the South and Southwest where poverty rates are high and industries typically offer low wages. An increase of this magnitude would by itself have little effect on reducing poverty in either rural or urban areas, but combined with the Earned Income Tax Credit, could hold promise for lifting many minimum wage workers and their families out of poverty.

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  • Whitener, Leslie A. & Parker, Timothy S., 1999. "Increasing the Minimum Wage Implications for Rural Poverty and Employment," Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, vol. 14(1), June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersra:289793
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.289793
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    1. Nord, Mark, 2001. "Household Food Security in the Rural South: Assuring Access to Enough Food for Healthy Lives," Miscellaneous Publications 334177, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

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