Interesting what you can do with statistics. And here from a different perspective.

Originally Posted by Washington Post
Using their preferred method, they calculated that workers' earnings increased by $5.54 a week on average because of the minimum wage. Using other methods, the researchers found that the minimum wage hike actually caused total weekly earnings to drop -- by as much as $5.22 a week.

Looks like taking the difference between these two outcomes gives you roughly a net gain of 32 cents per week (which is likely well within the margin of error). WOW.

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