One concern is that this makes teenage employees relatively more attractive and so increases the adult unemployment rate above what it would be with a uniform minimum wage.
This realization also led me to determine that these jobs aren’t purely for teenagers despite hearing all my life burger-flipping was for teens.
Dropping out is possible, and usually 18/19 y/o don't have high school
You’ve stated an opinion, as a theory with zero evidence.
Youth unemployment in Australia is ~double the unemployment rate. 11.8% vs 5.6%
https://tradingeconomics.com/australia/youth-unemployment-ra...
Employment is more complex than hourly wage.
Fair enough to call that out.
There's far fewer 15-18 year olds than there are 18-65 year olds. There's also fewer again that can work during school hours.
The idea that teenagers are being paid too much or have an advantage in Australians case and that therefore this should prevent changes to minimum wage laws is just a distraction. It keeps getting brought up by people desperate to push a position but who don't want to argue about the far bigger issue of adults trying to survive on minimum wage. Teenagers are an edge case in this discussion and they really shouldn't be the focus.