In June 2017, the Minneapolis City Council voted to increase the city’s minimum wage above the state level to $15 an hour. The wage increase was rolled out incrementally each year, and full implementation was set for July 1st, 2022 for large businesses (those with greater than 100 employees) and July 1st, 2024 for small businesses (those with less than 100 employees). This minimum wage policy presented an opportunity for a multisite team of health researchers to take a unique angle on a minimum wage evaluation: What effect might the wage increase have on health outcomes? Could these be measured by following low-wage workers in real-time? 

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