A study from UC Santa Cruz finds California's $20 fast food minimum wage may have come with "unintended consequences." ...

A ballot measure to substantially increase D.C.'s minimum wage would undoubtedly have major effects on Arlington's neighbor, ...

A new study from researchers at University of California, Santa Cruz, found that while more people are applying for fast food ...

We analyze the effect of California's $20 fast food minimum wage (Assembly Bill 1228), enacted in September 2023 and implemented in April 2024, on consumer prices using the Bureau of Labor Statistics' ...

There are real options that can benefit low-income Oklahoma households — expanding the earned income tax credit and reducing ...

Workers at franchised fast food restaurants got a big pay bump about two years ago. A UC Santa Cruz economics researcher ...

We use a partially pre-committed estimation strategy to study the effects of minimum wage increases on hours worked. Analyzing CPS and ACS data from 2011–2019, we estimate that relatively large ...

UC - Santa Cruz found fewer jobs and worker hours, but more order kiosks, mobile apps and AI drive-through ordering systems at CA eateries.

Many states have recently been suffering from labor shortages, high inflation, and the ever-worsening supply chain crisis. Unfortunately, the quick “fixes” advocated by many policymakers in response ...

The state House on Tuesday passed the latest version of a minimum wage increase and introduced the main appropriations bill ...

As a result, the minimum wage will be increased to $14 starting on Tuesday, Sept. 30. This also means that next year is the last scheduled minimum wage hike. From then on, the minimum wage is set to ...