Otherstudies though, particularly those by David Neumark of the University of Californiaat IrvineandWilliamWascher at the Federal Reserve, consistently found the opposite.
Research I've done with William Wascher of the Federal Reserve Board and Mark Schweitzer of the Cleveland Fed indicates that minimum wages increase poverty.
Some of the most careful and convincing empirical research on the employment effects of minimum wages has been done by David Neumark and William Wascher.