Elementary economics would suggest that if you raise the cost of employing the lowest-skilled workers by increasing the minimum wage, employers will demand fewer of them.

初级经济学表明，如果你因最低工资提高而增加雇佣低技能工人的成本，雇主将降低对他们的需求。

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Strong labor demand, positive wage growth and declining mortgage rates are positive trends supportive of the residential property market going forward.

对于劳动力的强烈需求、工资的上涨以及抵押贷款利率的下降使得住宅地产市场开始增长。

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The supply of skilled workers has failed to keep pace with demand, so the college wage premium (see chart) has increased.

高技能员工够供不应求，所以大学毕业生的工资有所上涨(见图表)。

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If we raise the federal minimum wage and demand the 1% pay their fair share to reduce income inequality, we will boost our economy, help small business grow and create jobs.

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If the alleged benefits were voted down, there would be an immediate wage-demand adjustment on the part of most unemployed on the way to them finding work at wages that reflect actual demand for labor in the marketplace.

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Since the Thatcher government's tussle with the unions, workers have much less power to demand wage increases, which means that inflation is less likely to get out of control.

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