In the U.S., which one is NOT true? Question 22 options: Since the 1980s at least, women received wages less than men on average. Stagnant minimum wages coincided with stagnant wages Real minimum wages today is higher than in the 1960s The peak of real value of minimum wages was in 1968.
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