An independent economic think-tank says the minimum wage increase hasn't had much of an impact on household poverty rates.
The ESRI reports that the majority of people who are working in a job with a low hourly wage, live in households where others are earning nearer to the average income.
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However, the findings of the ESRI report also concluded that even when low-paid workers are the sole earners, less than 20 percent of these fall below the EU's 'at risk of poverty' threshold.
Research Professor at the ESRI Tim Callan, is the report's author
