Increasing the Minimum Wage Implications for Rural Poverty and Employment

Leslie A. Whitener and Timothy S. Parker

Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, 1999, vol. 14, issue 01

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics; Food Security and Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.289793

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