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The Minimum Wage and the Social Determinants of Mental Health
A new study in Health Economics shows a temporal association between Britain’s minimum wage law and substantially improved mental health of the low wage workers benefitting from the policy. Source: The Minimum Wage and the Social Determinants of Mental Health
Marion R. Sills, MD, MPH 