Number: RL33784
Title: Minimum Wage: Characteristics of Low-Wage Workers and Their Families
Authors: Gerald Mayer and Linda Levine, Domestic Socisl Policy Division 
Abstract: This report examines characteristics of workers and their families who may benefit directly from an increase in the federal minimum wage. The first part of the report provides information on the demographic and social characteristics (e.g., age, education) of hourly workers who are paid less than $7.25 an hour, as well as the characteristics of the jobs they hold (e.g., occupation and parttime/ full-time hours) and the characteristics of the families in which they live (e.g., family income, welfare receipt).
Pages: 21
Date: January 21, 2008