Seattle’s higher minimum wage is actually working fine

Re:Seattle’s higher minimum wage is actually working fine by frgtpsswrdlame on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @05:22PM (#14658588)

Yes. The multi-site issue combined with the $19/hr problem prevent the study from being very useful.

Given this quote:

This pattern of average higher pay and more employment appears also in food services: a decline of about 150 jobs paying under $19 from 2014 to 2016 and a simultaneous increase of about 4,500 jobs in all pay levels at single-site food service establishments.

Would you concede the possibility that in Seattle's restaurant sector a higher minimum wage did not have negative employment effects? (NOTE: I edited this question)

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Re:Seattle’s higher minimum wage is actually working fine by cwyers on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @05:29PM (#14658648)

I've never not conceded that possibility! From the abstract of the UW study:

> We estimate an effect of zero when analyzing employment in the restaurant industry at all wage levels, comparable to many prior studies.

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