The effect of the minimum wage in American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands offers a good example of how there are two possible outcomes with minimum wages:
1) It is low enough to have such a small effect on the total labor force that measurement of outcomes is difficult.
2) It is high enough to have a measurable effect. The workers on these islands now have experienced that effect, unfortunately.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324549004579070941643960488.html#articleTabs%3Darticle
(I think non-subscribers can see the article if you google "minimum-wage realities".)
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