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Created: 2025-07-25 16:55:47 UTC

Based on meta-analyses of employment elasticities (-0.1 to -0.3) from sources like IZA and NBER, raising the federal minimum wage to $26/hour (a XXX% increase) could eliminate XX to XX million jobs among the ~60 million affected low-wage workers. Effects would hit teens, low-skilled, and part-time workers hardest via layoffs, automation, and business closures.


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