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The minimum wage:
its relation to incomes and poverty
Bruce Vavrichek
Economist, U.S. Congressional Budget Office
In March 1985, one in five hourly wage workers paid at or below the Federal minimum wage of $3.35 per hour lived in households with incomes below U.S. poverty levels.
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