Digging Into Minimum Wage Data For Seattle
THIS month marks the beginning of Seattle’s multiyear transition to a $15 minimum wage. Depending on whom you are inclined to believe, higher wages might reduce inequality and make low-wage workers better off, or drive businesses and jobs out of the city.
Although proponents and opponents have argued forcibly for their positions, the simple truth is that we don’t know what will happen. As members of the nine-person team charged by the City of Seattle to study the effects of the minimum wage, we aim to find out.