Food Security and the Federal Minimum Wage

Examines the extent to which the minimum wage increases in 1996 and 1997 improved households’ food security and reduced hunger, particularly in low-income households where the heads of household were single parents or had no more than a high school diploma and describes how the raise also altered the hourly wage distribution in households where the heads of household are minority, single parents, and with no more than a high school diploma.

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Examines the extent to which the minimum wage increases in 1996 and 1997 improved households’ food security and reduced hunger.