The economic effects of living wage laws
Subtitle: A provisional review
By: Scott Adams, David Neumark.
Contributors: Neumark, David.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series ;; working paper 10562; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;; working paper no. 10562.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Living wage movement -- United States -- Case studies.; Poverty -- United States -- Case studies.; Unemployment -- United States -- Case studies.
Genres: Case studies.
Description: "Nearly 100 cities and local governments in the United States passed living wage laws since the mid-1990s.  The central goal of living wages is to reduce poverty, yet they may fail to do so because of disemployment effects.  We summarize and critique the existing research on the effects of living wages on wages, employment, and family income, emphasizing common findings, points of disagreement, and important questions for future research.  The evidence thus far points to wage increases as well as employment losses for the least-skilled although there is disagreement about the employment effects but on net some beneficial distributional effects.  The evidence also points to efficiency wage-type effects of living wage laws that may offset some of the adverse impacts on employers"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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