Figure 1: Net gain after income taxes, Social Security contributions and benefit reductions after a 5% minimum wage increase for a lone parent family
Which Anglo-Saxon country has the largest after-tax pay increase after a minimum wage increase?
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The futility of minimum wage increases as a poverty reduction strategy
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The shape of the welfare state in the USA
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One in five Americans on Medicaid; this image does not include those on Medicare –those over 65 who get their healthcare paid by the government.







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