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Twenty-some years ago,\u00a0cities\u00a0across the nation, including Milwaukee, passed\u00a0\u201cliving wage\u201d laws aimed at raising the minimum wage for the\u00a0working poor. While these laws have eased financial burdens for some, it\u2019s unknown if living wage laws have improved the health of affected workers and their families.<\/p>\n

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Mustafa\u00a0Hussein<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mustafa\u00a0Hussein at 51ÁÔÆæ\u2019s Zilber School of Public Health is leading a team of researchers<\/a> investigating that question. Backed by a $250,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Hussein\u2019s team is comparing data on the populations of 17 metro areas that had living wage laws in effect between 1997 and 2006 to data from 34 cities that did not.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur project is the first to use actual data to analyze the health effects of (living wage) policies in multiple cities across the country,\u201d said Hussein, an assistant professor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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