Early Results of a Natural Experiment Evaluating the Effects of a Local Minimum Wage Policy on the Diet-Related Health of Low-Wage Workers, 2018-2020

CONCLUSION: There was no evidence of a beneficial or adverse effect of the Minimum Wage Ordinance on health-related variables during a period of economic and social change. The COVID-19 pandemic and other contextual factors likely contributed to the observed trends in both cities.PMID:37548177 | DOI:10.1017/S1368980023001520

Source: Public Health Nutrition - August 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Caitlin E Caspi Maria Fernanda Gombi-Vaca Julian Wolfson Lisa J Harnack Molly De Marco Rebekah Pratt Thomas Durfee Samuel Myers Source Type: research