Open AccessEstimating Potential Reductions in Premature Mortality in New York City From Raising the Minimum Wage to $15
Author(s) -
Tsu-Yu Tsao,
Kevin J. Konty,
Gretchen Van Wye,
Oxiris Barbot,
James L. Hadler,
Natalia Linos,
Mary T. Bassett
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2016.303188
Subject(s) - minimum wage , wage , demography , low income , medicine , economics , demographic economics , environmental health , labour economics , sociology
To assess potential reductions in premature mortality that could have been achieved in 2008 to 2012 if the minimum wage had been $15 per hour in New York City.