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  • Minimum wage rising in 26 states. That's important to many older people

    Jan 5, 2021 4:15 pm by AARPIllinois in the News
    elder workers picket for increased wages and benefits. Photo via Wikimedia Commons

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    • elder workers picket for increased wages and benefits. Photo via Wikimedia Commons

    AARP (Washington, D.C., Jan. 5) Professor Mark Borgschulte's study of data from 1983 to 2016 found that higher minimum wages increased earnings and may have encouraged some people ages 62 to 70 to keep working.