R/rd-min_wage.R

In svmiller/stevedata: Steve's Toy Data for Teaching About a Variety of Methodological, Social, and Political Topics

#' @importFrom tibble tibble
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#' History of Federal Minimum Wage Rates Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 1938-2009
#'
#' A data set on the various federal minimum wage rates.
#'
#' @format A data frame with 23 observations on the following 5 variables.
#' \describe{
#' \item{\code{date}}{a date for when a new minimum wage was introduced}
#' \item{\code{wage}}{the (nominal) value of the wage}
#' }
#'
#' @details Data come from the Department of Labor. Wages are taken from wage adjustments
#' from the 1938 act.
#'
#' @source Department of Labor
#'
"min_wage"