No, California’s Minimum Wage Hike Did Not Create Jobs
Despite the November 5 vote approving Proposition A (a measure that will raise Missouri’s minimum wage and mandate paid sick...
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The Minimum Wage in Missouri
This November, Missouri voters will decide on a proposal to raise the state’s minimum wage to $13.75 in 2025 and...
The Moral High Ground and the Minimum Wage
Proponents of raising the minimum wage like to try to take the moral high ground. “Workers deserve a living wage!”...
Does the Minimum Wage Impact Crime Rates?
Missourians may soon be voting on whether to increase the minimum wage from $12.30 to $15 by 2026. Before making...
A Closer Look at the Effects of a $15 Minimum Wage for Missouri
Who wouldn’t want to get a pay raise? Everyone would enjoy higher wages—but what if a raise meant fewer hours...
Comments on Increasing the Minimum Wage in Missouri
This year, the Missouri Secretary of State has already received 24 initiative petitions to raise the state’s minimum wage. If...
New Summary of Minimum Wage Research Shows Negative Effects
A nationwide $15 minimum wage appears to be under discussion in Washington. While they are mulling it over, policymakers might...
The Potential Effect of a $12 Minimum Wage in Missouri
The Show-Me Institute’s latest essay explores the possible impact of increasing Missouri’s minimum wage from the current $7.85 per hour...
Should Missouri Increase the Minimum Wage to Help the Working Poor?
In Missouri, a single parent employed full time at a minimum wage job will still be in poverty. Some see...
On Raising the Minimum Wage in Missouri
On December 1, members of the Missouri General Assembly may begin prefiling legislation for consideration in the upcoming legislative session,...
New Study Documents (Again) the Harmful Effects of Raising Minimum Wages
The results are in, and they are hardly surprising: A new study has found that the increase in Seattle’s minimum...
Session Notes: Minimum Wage To Be Set By State Alone
The debate was lengthy, but after a raucous couple of hours the House and Senate both voted to preempt local...
A Minimum Wage Increase and the Unintended Consequences for Kansas City
Members of the City Council are at odds over how to increase the minimum wage—through city ordinance or statewide petition....
Pernicious: St. Louis Goes Forward with Minimum Wage Hike
On Tuesday, February 28, 2017, the Missouri State Supreme Court upheld Saint Louis City’s right to raise its minimum wage....
Show-Me Now! Higher Minimum Wage, Fewer Jobs
Should we raise the minimum wage? Studies have shown that doing so hurts the workers it is intended to help....
Heritage Study: $15 Minimum Wage Would Wipe Out Equivalent of 218,000 Missouri Jobs
Show-Me Institute analysts have written for years about the economic research on—and the damaging effects of—mandating a higher minimum wage...
Seattle’s Minimum Wage Experience A Cautionary Tale
When the price of a thing goes up, people buy less of it. We experience this every day when buying...
More Evidence on the Negative Effects of the Minimum Wage
University of California–San Diego economist Jeffrey Clemens’s recently published analysis once again indicates that raising the minimum wage has detrimental effects...
Even Krueger Agrees: $15 Minimum Wage Too High
Alan Krueger, professor of economics at Princeton, has weighed in on the minimum wage debate. Writing in the New York...
Saint Louis Minimum Wage Increase Put on Hold
For those who have seen the James Bond movie Goldfinger, remember when James Bond stops the atom bomb from destroying...
