# Professor John Horton's research on the impact of an increased minimum wage

1 January 10, 2017 The New York Times ![The New York Times Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027320.jpg?itok=W8xBr66g)>

Excerpt from [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/business/economy/national-minimum-wage-.html?_r=0) -- "Mr. [Horton](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/john-horton) concluded that when forced to pay more in wages, many employers were hiring more productive workers, so that the overall amount they spent on each job changed far less than the minimum-wage increase would have suggested. The more productive workers appeared to finish similar work more quickly."

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