1. FIGURE 4.3 Federal Minimum Wage: Level, and Relative to Wages in Manufacturing, 1938–2004 1968 1997 $5.85 current $6.55 7/24/2008 $7.25 7/24/2009

2. 0.90

4. Eurostat. Minimum wages 2005: Major differences between EU Member States http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-NK-05-007/EN/KS-NK-05-007-EN.PDF http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-NK-05-007/EN/KS-NK-05-007-EN.PDF

5. Eurostat. Minimum wages 2005: Major differences between EU Member States http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-NK-05-007/EN/KS-NK-05-007-EN.PDF http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-NK-05-007/EN/KS-NK-05-007-EN.PDF

6. Eurostat. Minimum wages 2005: Major differences between EU Member States http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-NK-05-007/EN/KS-NK-05-007-EN.PDF http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-NK-05-007/EN/KS-NK-05-007-EN.PDF

7. http://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/america.htm 16 States with minimum wage rates higher than the Federal 26 States with minimum wage rates equal to the Federal 6 States with no minimum wage law 2005 2 States with minimum wage below federal

8. http://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/america.htm 32 States with minimum wage rates higher than the Federal 10 States with minimum wage rates equal to the Federal 5 States with no minimum wage law 2008 3 States with minimum wage below federal

9. Carrington, William J., and Bruce Fallick. “Do Some Workers Have Minimum Wage Careers?” Monthly Labor Review 124 (May 2001): 17-27.