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Living Wages And Local Governments, Timothy J. Bartik
Living Wages And Local Governments, Timothy J. Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
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Edited Transcript Of Living Wage Conference Call, February 11, 2004, Timothy Bartik, David Neumark, Robert Pollin, David Reynolds, Aaron Yelowitz, Mark Brenner, Richard Sander, Richard Toikka
Edited Transcript Of Living Wage Conference Call, February 11, 2004, Timothy Bartik, David Neumark, Robert Pollin, David Reynolds, Aaron Yelowitz, Mark Brenner, Richard Sander, Richard Toikka
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
Thinking About Local Living Wage Requirements, Timothy J. Bartik
Thinking About Local Living Wage Requirements, Timothy J. Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
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 on the living wage. The paper concludes that moderate living wage requirements applied to the local government's own employees, and contractors' and grantees' employees who are funded by the local government, may do more good than harm. Excessive living …