Minimum Wage $1 An Hour Increase Equals 9700 Fewer Child Neglect Cases A Year

Researchers at Indiana University and the University of Connecticut say raising the minimum wage by a dollar an hour would decrease child neglect cases. Lindsey Rose Bullinger and Kerri Raissian say that $1 dollar wage increase would result in 9,700 fewer child neglect cases annually. The researchers studied nine years of child mistreatment cases tracking changes in the number of child neglect reports to child protective service agencies with increases in the minimum wage. Bullinger says raising the incomes of the working poor can improve children’s welfare.

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