[Excerpt] Although most communities that have considered living wage proposals have adopted them, questions invariably arise about the desirability and effectiveness of these ordinances as public policy tools and the relation of such measures to local economic development. Here are some frequently asked questions and answers about living wage ordinances
This thesis expands the literature on minimum and living wages by investigating local minimum wage o...
In this paper, I examine some of those features on the basis of data from the Current Population Sur...
Living wage laws are touted as anti-poverty measures. Yet they apply to only a small fraction of wor...
Since 1994, 130 municipalities have adopted living wage ordinances, which mandate that covered worke...
This paper first examines the question “what is a living wage” and provides a range of specific doll...
This paper reviews what we currently know about the benefits and costs of different varieties of a "...
[Excerpt] There is no single or simple solution to the poverty and income inequality quagmire. Effec...
Over the past decade, more than 110 ordinances have been passed mandating “living wages” for employe...
above poverty for certain workers in the private sector. The author argues that political condi-tion...
Living wage laws are touted as anti-poverty measures. Yet they apply to only a small fraction of wor...
Why do some contractors oppose living wage ordinances (LWOs) while others do not? Can local govern-m...
Living wage mandates legislate minimum hourly wages that are considerably higher than minimum wage r...
Cities that have passed living wage ordinances often do so because of the strong political appeal of...
'Living wage laws, which were introduced in the mid-1990s and have expanded rapidly since then, are ...
Nearly 100 cities and local governments in the United States passed living wage laws since the mid-1...
This thesis expands the literature on minimum and living wages by investigating local minimum wage o...
In this paper, I examine some of those features on the basis of data from the Current Population Sur...
Living wage laws are touted as anti-poverty measures. Yet they apply to only a small fraction of wor...
Since 1994, 130 municipalities have adopted living wage ordinances, which mandate that covered worke...
This paper first examines the question “what is a living wage” and provides a range of specific doll...
This paper reviews what we currently know about the benefits and costs of different varieties of a "...
[Excerpt] There is no single or simple solution to the poverty and income inequality quagmire. Effec...
Over the past decade, more than 110 ordinances have been passed mandating “living wages” for employe...
above poverty for certain workers in the private sector. The author argues that political condi-tion...
Living wage laws are touted as anti-poverty measures. Yet they apply to only a small fraction of wor...
Why do some contractors oppose living wage ordinances (LWOs) while others do not? Can local govern-m...
Living wage mandates legislate minimum hourly wages that are considerably higher than minimum wage r...
Cities that have passed living wage ordinances often do so because of the strong political appeal of...
'Living wage laws, which were introduced in the mid-1990s and have expanded rapidly since then, are ...
Nearly 100 cities and local governments in the United States passed living wage laws since the mid-1...
This thesis expands the literature on minimum and living wages by investigating local minimum wage o...
In this paper, I examine some of those features on the basis of data from the Current Population Sur...
Living wage laws are touted as anti-poverty measures. Yet they apply to only a small fraction of wor...