Minimum Wage Literacy Quiz

Standing in line, marking time
Waiting for the welfare dime
'Cause they can't buy a job
--Bruce Hornsby & the Range

1) Increasing the minimum wage that employers can legally pay employees will drive employers to seek ____ productivity enhancing machines that can be substituted for human workers.
a) more
b) less

2) Increasing the minimum wage that employers can legally pay employees will drive employers to outsource ____ work to providers in other jurisdictions with lower minimum wage requirements.
a) more
b) less

3) Which of following is most likely to be hurt by an increase in the minimum wage that employers can legally pay employees?
a) a professional earning high wages
b) a marginal worker earning low wages
c) both of the above are equally likely to be hurt