When do living wages bite?
By: Scott Adams, David Neumark.
Contributors: Neumark, David.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series ;; working paper 10561; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;; working paper no. 10561.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Living wage movement -- United States.; Contractors -- United States.; Blue collar workers -- United States.; Wages -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Description: "Many features of living wage laws may influence the strength of their effects on wages and employment of low-skill individuals.  Echoing past research, business assistance living wage laws generate stronger wage increases and employment reductions than contractor-only laws.  But broader enforcement or implementation and geographic concentration of living wage laws also appear to strengthen their effects.  Finally, geographic concentration may be more significant than the distinction between business assistance and contractor-only living wage laws"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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