Reposted by Prof. Jennie Roe-mick 🏳️🌈
Thrilled to share our **OPEN ACCESS** paper on how raising Seattle's minimum wage affected households receiving SNAP benefits. When the minimum wage went up, SNAP benefit levels went down -- a little. But, increases to earnings more than offset SNAP losses.
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Minimum wage increases and SNAP participation: evidence from Seattle’s minimum wage ordinance - Review of Economics of the Household
A large and contested body of research examines how minimum wage laws affect employment and earnings for different groups of workers and industries. Far less studied are the important but ambiguous ex...
