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Wage hike reduced inequality but didn’t boost Irish household incomes

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The 2016 increase in Ireland’s minimum wage had a marginal impact on household incomes, although it did succeed in reducing inequality between high and low wage earners by up to 8%, according to Ireland’s Economic and Social Research Institute.

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