For example, an increase in the minimum wage is associated with a decrease in child maltreatment reports ; improved birth outcomes and reduced infant mortality ; and significant improvements in child health, especially for young children.
While the economic literature examining the direct impacts of increasing the minimum wage on children may be sparse, research shows that a higher family income is associated with better educational, behavioral, and health outcomes for children.
The lack of federal action on the minimum wage since is also a direct contributor to the stagnant wages and income inequality that characterize the U. Department of Agriculture report found that 93 percent of the rise in rural child poverty between and could be attributed to income inequality.
By some estimates, if the minimum wage had risen at the same rate as economic productivity, more than 4 million fewer children would be in poverty in a full-employment economy. Stubbornly low minimum wage laws—along with other policy differences in state social safety nets and economies—have contributed to an unequal landscape that puts low-income children at a distinct disadvantage based on where they live. Child poverty rates , for example, vary dramatically across state borders, with particularly high rates in states such as Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana.
Meanwhile, there is evidence that increasing state minimum wages is associated with a reduction in child poverty. A Congressional Budget Office analysis found that the Raise the Wage Act would lift more than , children out of poverty across the country if it were passed.
The effects of raising the minimum wage also extend beyond the significant help to families and children; increasing the minimum wage is associated with a decline in government spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP since families experience an increase in their wages. Rather than a piecemeal state- and local-level approach that leaves out millions of families and locks in disparities for low-wage workers and their children, lawmakers must prioritize passing a federal minimum wage that begins to ensure that children in all states can have their basic needs met.
A new Economic Policy Institute report finds that, no matter where they live in the United States, minimum wage workers earn far less than they need to make ends meet.
Compiling data from the U. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Federal Highway Administration, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and several other sources, the nonpartisan think tank found that the average cost of living in the U.
The EPI also looked at the cost of living for single adults and found similar disparities. And they had a customer every five to 10 minutes," she says. A spokeswoman for Dollar General tells CNBC Make It that the company prioritizes investing in its employees and regularly promotes from within, as well as provides opportunities to help workers realize their career aspirations. There was little left for extras, let alone big life events such as getting married and starting a family. But juggling the costs and planning associated with a wedding just wasn't feasible.
Davis managed to find a better paying opportunity when a regular customer at Dollar General befriended her and recommended her for a tech support role. The higher salary allowed her to focus on herself and even dream a little — she is planning on going back to college in January. Both Davis and Nicholson credit their friends and family, rather than employers, for helping them survive on minimum wage. Check out: Full-time minimum wage workers cannot afford a 2-bedroom rental anywhere in the US.
Like this story? Skip Navigation. Jennifer Liu. At one point he went to jail for an assault on me, but when he got out, it started again. I finally packed up and left my home for two months. But he caught me when I was dropping off some clothes at my father's house. I had my kids in the truck, and he tried his best to kill me and to run away with my son.
My neighbors called the police. With the restraining order, the witnesses, and the scars on my face, he got sentenced to 32 to 45 years. Even through all of that, I still worked. My manager was aware of what was going on. It's hard to go to work and put on a smiling face while you're also watching your back because you don't know if he's going to show up, and when you're constantly calling your kids' day care to make sure he didn't come and try to take your son.
My hours were cut to about 20 hours a week, because I had to miss work and go to court. My attorney came and talked to my manager and told them that I was subpoenaed to be in court and I had no choice but to go.
That's the only reason I wasn't fired. While I'm at work, there's an older lady in my neighborhood who helps take care of my kids. I received a child care voucher through the state, but that only covers child care while I'm working, not while I'm at school.
But this lady tells me that as long as I'm trying to help myself, she'll help me out, so she watches my kids while I'm in school. I've owed this lady money since last year. I give her money whenever I can. I tell my girls, 'You can do whatever you want to do, but no one's going to give it to you. You have to earn it. I want my kids to be successful, so I tell them that education is very important. Especially my girls — they are aware that I'm in school, and we study together.
I have one daughter who wants to be a pediatrician. My other daughter, she says, "Mommy, I want to draw clothes. And my son, he's 4, so he's undecided — he wants to be a superhero right now. I tell my girls, "You can do whatever you want to do, but no one's going to give it to you. I'm 28 with three kids. I always tell them, "No one is a mistake and everything happens for a reason, but what mommy's going through, don't make the same mistakes I have made.
In order to do that, you have to have an education. I was taken from my mom when I was 5 or 6. My mother wasn't the best mother, but she had problems too. The things my mom was going through mentally and physically, she just wasn't able to take care of me and my siblings.
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