In two months, the legal minimum wage in the country of Kirlandia will increase from 5 Kirlandic dollars per hour to 5.50 per hour.

两个月后，Kirlandia 的法定最低工资将从每小时5基兰蒂亚美元提高到5.50。

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That is the main cause of low productivity and wages, and means that the legal minimum wage has less social impact.

这也意味着，合法最低工资所产生的社会影响微乎其微。

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Workers, says Tsuyoshi Hirabayashi of the justice ministry, are often abused by employers demanding long hours and paying much less than the legal minimum wage.

工人们，司法部的Tsuyoshi Hirabayashi说，通常被雇主们要求工作更长时间而所得报酬又比法定最低工资低很多。

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Workers, says Tsuyoshi Hirabayashi of the justice ministry, are often abused by employers demanding long hours and paying much less than the legal minimum wage.

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Professors Even and Macpherson address this by using variation in state-level minimum wages to estimate the impact of the federal minimum wage hike on legal minimum wages in the states.

FORBES: Resources on the Minimum Wage