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Minimum wage laws are controversial for many reasons. One is that they may not be beneficial to the workers that they are most intended to help.

a. What type of workers are most likely to be paid the minimum wage?

b. What happens to employment of these workers when a minimum wage is enacted (or increased)?

c. Overall, who gains and who loses from a minimum wage law?

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