The minimum wage survey question conflates 'increases unemployment' with 'decreases employment'—an important distinction, because a teenager who loses his job to the minimum wage may stop looking for work (going back to school, the illegal sector, or living with parents) and thus not be counted as unemployed, potentially explaining why some economists answered 'no effect on unemployment.'
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David HendersonEvidence Quote
“increases unemployment is different from decreases employment ... he won't be counted as unemployed”
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