Press Releases Most Comprehensive Study Yet Finds No Job Losses from California’s $20 Fast Food Minimum Wage: Using two years of data and establishment-level worker tracking, UC Berkeley researchers confirm earlier findings on pay and prices April 1, 2026 Introducing the Climate and Society Center at UC Berkeley: A New Initiative for Climate Justice and Policy Impact January 7, 2025 New Study Analyzes Impact of California’s $20 Minimum Wage for Fast Food Workers: Sectoral Wage-Setting Policy Yields Higher Pay, No Changes in Job Numbers and Modest Price Increases September 30, 2024 Congratulations to Our 2024-2025 Research Awardees! June 26, 2024 New study: Minimum wages raise pay for workers at small businesses without job loss March 7, 2023 New Research: $18 minimum wage would give five million California workers a pay raise June 28, 2022 More Publications