The effects of living wage laws
Subtitle: evidence from failed and derailed living wage campaigns
By: by Scott Adams, David Neumark.
Contributors: Neumark, David
Series: Discussion paper ;; no. 1566; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) ;; no. 1566
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Living wage movement -- United States.; Wages -- United States.; Unemployment -- United States.
Description: "Living wage campaigns have succeeded in about 100 jurisdictions in the United States but have also been unsuccessful in numerous cities. These unsuccessful campaigns provide a better control group or counterfactual for estimating the effects of living wage laws than the broader set of all cities without a law, and also permit the separate estimation of the effects of living wage laws and living wage campaigns. We find that living wage laws raise wages of low-wage workers but reduce employment among the least-skilled, especially when the laws cover business assistance recipients or are accompanied by similar laws in nearby cities"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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