Minimum Wage is Not Enough: A True Living Wage is Necessary to Reduce Poverty and Improve Health

Copyright
2021
Published By
Drexel University

This policy brief focuses on the issue of living wages and provides background on  minimum wage. It makes the case for increasing wages by explaining how it would both improve employee's mental and physical health, as well as communities' health.

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