Thinking about Local Living Wage Requirements
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Thinking about Local Living Wage Requirements
This paper reviews what we currently know about the benefits and costs of different varieties of a “living wage”: a local government requirement, now adopted by over 50 local governments, for wages above the federal minimum imposed on employers with some financial link to the local government. The review includes economic theory, empirical research on local labor markets, and empirical research...
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This paper reviews what we currently know about the benefits and costs of different varieties of a " living wage " : a local government requirement, now adopted by over 50 local governments, for wages above the federal minimum imposed on employers with some financial link to the local government. The review includes economic theory, empirical research on local labor markets, and empirical resea...
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عنوان ژورنال: Urban Affairs Review
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1078-0874,1552-8332
DOI: 10.1177/1078087404269539