What does the academic literature tell us?

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Economist David A Green, a professor and former chair of the Vancouver School of Economics at UBC and an International Fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies in London, conducted a thorough review of academic research on the economic impacts of minimum wages, and in this report he concludes that bold increases to the minimum wage make good economic sense.

CCPA-BC Infographic: Who benefits from increasing the minimum wage?

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BC Office

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Good Economy Project

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Employment and labour
Inequality and poverty

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