"One funny part of watching journalists cover the minimum wage debate is that they often have to try and referee cutting-edge econometric debates...But instead of diving into that controversy, let's take a look at where these economists, and all the other researchers investigating the minimum wage, do agree: They all tend to think that raising the minimum wage would reduce poverty. That's the conclusion of a major new paper by [UMass Amherst economist Arin Dube]." Mike Konczal in The Washington Post.