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Critics, however, argue that their research was flawed.

Subsequent attempts to verify the claims requested payroll cards from employers to verify employment, and found that the minimum wage increases were followed by decreases in employment.

On the other hand, an assessment of data collected and analyzed by David Neumark and William Wascher did not initially contradict the Card / Krueger results, but in a later edited version they found that the same general sample had a small negative effect on employment.

The 18. 8 % wage hike resulted in " insignificant — although almost always negative " employment effects.