Minimum Wage / Living Wage
Show-Me Institute - The Economic Effects of Minimum Wages
Show-Me Institute - The Impact of Missouri's Proposed $6.50 Minimum Wage on the Labor Market
Missourians voted in 2006 on a proposal to increase the state minimum wage to $6.50 per hour. The Show-Me Institute estimated that the increase would raise labor costs for Missouri businesses by $340 million and result in 18,000 lost jobs.
Allegheny Institute for Public Policy - Minimum Wage, Maximum Pandering