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The effects of living wage laws on low-wage workers and low-income families: What do we know now?
Neumark, David; Thompson, Matthew; Koyle, Leslie - 2012
laws reduce employment among the least-skilled workers they are intended to help. But they also increase wages for many of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291309
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Simulating the economic impacts of living wage mandates using new public and administrative data: Evidence for New York City
Neumark, David; Thompson, Matthew; Brindisi, Francesco; … - 2012
Policy researchers often have to estimate the future effect of imposing a policy in a particular location. There is often evidence on the effects of similar policies in other jurisdictions, but no information on the effects of the policy in the jurisdiction in question. And the policy may have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291346
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An analysis of the impact of affirmative action programs on self-employment in the construction industry
Blanchflower, David G.; Wainwright, Jon - 2005
improved the position of white females. There has been a growth in incorporated self-employment rates of white women in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267432