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...Some cities currently base their living wage calculation on a family of two, some on a family of three and some on a family of four, Pollin says. But the current trend in defining the living wage figure is to allow a family to live above the national poverty level...
...living wage note the 1968 minimum wage figure, which would currently reach at least $7.92 per hour when adjusted for inflation. In contrast, the current federal minimum wage is $5.15 per hour, though the national economy is nearly 60 percent more productive than it was three decades ago, Pollin says...
...Pollin says the living wage movement is gaining interest among economists...
...says he has been giving talks on the living wage throughout the country, and as he talked to The Crimson, Pollin received two other calls from journalists asking for background on the living wage...
...core of economists researching the living wage remains small, Pollin says...