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blsr-19799	Villa, John	An Analysis of the Legal History and Economic Impact of Federal Minimum Wage Policy in the United States	2025	22	.pdf	application/pdf	6840	327	48	And despite the common belief that minimum wage workers are mostly teenagers from financially secure families, an analysis by Arin Dube, economist at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, revealed that only about 25% of those earning the federal minimum wage — and just 12% of those earning $10 an hour or less — are actually teenagers.3 That means that tens of millions of working adults will have more money to spend, returning it back into the economy, and to save, allowing them to eventually afford to buy a house and retire. Workers making just above federal or state minimum wage would likely see their wages increase with minimum wage increases due to a “ripple effect.	cache/blsr-19799.pdf	txt/blsr-19799.txt
