Some studies do not find that minimum wages lead to fewer jobs.

Some of the workers who gain from minimum wages are in poor or low-income families.

Minimum wages may help policymakers address public demands to combat rising inequality.

Cons

Increasing amounts of evidence from the US indicate that higher minimum wage levels lead to fewer jobs.

Studies that focus on the least-skilled workers find the strongest evidence that minimum wages reduce jobs.

Targeted tax credits do a better job of reaching the poor than minimum wages do.

Low-paying jobs requiring low skills are the jobs most likely to decline with increased minimum wages.

In the US, most evidence does not indicate that minimum wages help poor or low-income families, or reduce most forms of public assistance.