Author: David Neumark
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262141027
Category : Income distribution
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
A comprehensive review of evidence on the effect of minimum wages on employment, skills, wage and income distributions, and longer-term labor market outcomes concludes that the minimum wage is not a good policy tool.
Minimum Wages
Author: David Neumark
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262141027
Category : Income distribution
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
A comprehensive review of evidence on the effect of minimum wages on employment, skills, wage and income distributions, and longer-term labor market outcomes concludes that the minimum wage is not a good policy tool.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262141027
Category : Income distribution
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
A comprehensive review of evidence on the effect of minimum wages on employment, skills, wage and income distributions, and longer-term labor market outcomes concludes that the minimum wage is not a good policy tool.
The Cambridge Handbook of U.S. Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century
Author: Richard Bales
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108428835
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 435
Book Description
Over the last fifty years in the United States, unions have been in deep decline, while income and wealth inequality have grown. In this timely work, editors Richard Bales and Charlotte Garden - with a roster of thirty-five leading labor scholars - analyze these trends and show how they are linked. Designed to appeal to those being introduced to the field as well as experts seeking new insights, this book demonstrates how federal labor law is failing today's workers and disempowering unions; how union jobs pay better than nonunion jobs and help to increase the wages of even nonunion workers; and how, when union jobs vanish, the wage premium also vanishes. At the same time, the book offers a range of solutions, from the radical, such as a complete overhaul of federal labor law, to the incremental, including reforms that could be undertaken by federal agencies on their own.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108428835
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 435
Book Description
Over the last fifty years in the United States, unions have been in deep decline, while income and wealth inequality have grown. In this timely work, editors Richard Bales and Charlotte Garden - with a roster of thirty-five leading labor scholars - analyze these trends and show how they are linked. Designed to appeal to those being introduced to the field as well as experts seeking new insights, this book demonstrates how federal labor law is failing today's workers and disempowering unions; how union jobs pay better than nonunion jobs and help to increase the wages of even nonunion workers; and how, when union jobs vanish, the wage premium also vanishes. At the same time, the book offers a range of solutions, from the radical, such as a complete overhaul of federal labor law, to the incremental, including reforms that could be undertaken by federal agencies on their own.
Handbook of Labor Economics
Author: Orley Ashenfelter
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0444534504
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 863
Book Description
A guide to the continually evolving field of labour economics.
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0444534504
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 863
Book Description
A guide to the continually evolving field of labour economics.
The Fundamentals of Minimum Wage Fixing
Author: François Eyraud
Publisher: International Labour Organization
ISBN: 9789221170143
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
This manual draws on the ILO's comprehensive database containing the principal legal provisions and minimum wage fixing mechanisms in 100 countries. The minimum wage has had a long and turbulent history, and this study sheds light on its intricacies by providing a thorough overview of the institutions and practices in different countries. It outlines the main topics for debate concerning the effects of minimum wages on major social and economic variables such as employment, wage inequality, and poverty. The book considers the various procedures countries use for implementation, including the criteria employed to fix the minimum wage, and how they are linked to specific country objectives. It then measures the efficiency of the minimum wage, and focuses on its impact on employment as a major political issue. For the benefit of non-specialists, the validity of econometric models and their results are examined.
Publisher: International Labour Organization
ISBN: 9789221170143
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
This manual draws on the ILO's comprehensive database containing the principal legal provisions and minimum wage fixing mechanisms in 100 countries. The minimum wage has had a long and turbulent history, and this study sheds light on its intricacies by providing a thorough overview of the institutions and practices in different countries. It outlines the main topics for debate concerning the effects of minimum wages on major social and economic variables such as employment, wage inequality, and poverty. The book considers the various procedures countries use for implementation, including the criteria employed to fix the minimum wage, and how they are linked to specific country objectives. It then measures the efficiency of the minimum wage, and focuses on its impact on employment as a major political issue. For the benefit of non-specialists, the validity of econometric models and their results are examined.
Minimum Wages and On-the-job Training
Author: Daron Acemoglu
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Employees
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Becker's theory of human capital predicts that minimum wages should reduce training investments for affected workers, because they prevent these workers from taking wage cuts necessary to finance training. We show that when the assumption of perfectly competitive labor markets underlying this theory is relaxed, minimum wages can increase training of affected workers, by inducing firms to train their unskilled employees. More generally, a minimum wage increases training for constrained workers, while reducing it for those taking wage cuts to finance their training. We provide new estimates on the impact of the state and federal increases in the minimum wage between 1987 and 1992 of the training of low wage workers. We find no evidence that minimum wages reduce training. These results are consistent with our model, but difficult to reconcile with the standard theory of human capital.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Employees
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Becker's theory of human capital predicts that minimum wages should reduce training investments for affected workers, because they prevent these workers from taking wage cuts necessary to finance training. We show that when the assumption of perfectly competitive labor markets underlying this theory is relaxed, minimum wages can increase training of affected workers, by inducing firms to train their unskilled employees. More generally, a minimum wage increases training for constrained workers, while reducing it for those taking wage cuts to finance their training. We provide new estimates on the impact of the state and federal increases in the minimum wage between 1987 and 1992 of the training of low wage workers. We find no evidence that minimum wages reduce training. These results are consistent with our model, but difficult to reconcile with the standard theory of human capital.
The Economics of Legal Minimum Wages
Author: Simon Rottenberg
Publisher: A E I Press
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Papers presented at a conference held at the American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C., Nov. 1 and 2, 1979. Includes bibliographies.
Publisher: A E I Press
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Papers presented at a conference held at the American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C., Nov. 1 and 2, 1979. Includes bibliographies.
Low-wage Employment in Europe
Author: Wiemer Salverda
Publisher: ACCO
ISBN: 9033456192
Category : Labor supply
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Publisher: ACCO
ISBN: 9033456192
Category : Labor supply
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Inequality in the Developing World
Author: Carlos Gradín
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198863969
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
An analysis of the elevated level of contemporary global economic inequality--its measurement, trends over time and geography, and the policy challenges thrown up by them, with a focus on mainly five countries--Brazil, China, India, South Africa, and Mexico.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198863969
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
An analysis of the elevated level of contemporary global economic inequality--its measurement, trends over time and geography, and the policy challenges thrown up by them, with a focus on mainly five countries--Brazil, China, India, South Africa, and Mexico.
Minimum Wage Fixing
Author: Gerald Frank Starr
Publisher: International Labour Organization
ISBN: 9789221025115
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Publisher: International Labour Organization
ISBN: 9789221025115
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Report of the Minimum Wage Study Commission: Commission findings and recommendations
Author: United States. Minimum Wage Study Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Report of a Commission on social implications, economic implications and political aspects of the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act, labour legislation, USA, 1938 - presents research results and recommendations commenting on the impact on employment and unemployment, inflation, minimum wage indexation, income distribution, exemptions, noncompliance, etc. And research papers giving demographic aspects, national level, local level, regional level and sectoral details. Graphs, references and statistical tables.,
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Report of a Commission on social implications, economic implications and political aspects of the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act, labour legislation, USA, 1938 - presents research results and recommendations commenting on the impact on employment and unemployment, inflation, minimum wage indexation, income distribution, exemptions, noncompliance, etc. And research papers giving demographic aspects, national level, local level, regional level and sectoral details. Graphs, references and statistical tables.,