"Increasing minimum wage will cost jobs"
Dr Eric Crampton
25 October, 2017
The new government has suggested a $20 minimum wage in 2021, is the same as a $17.50 minimum wage today. Eric Crampton tells Mike Hosking there are already good numbers from MBIE around the effects of minimum wage increases. He says if today's minimum wage was $17.50, it would cost jobs and the country.