The politics of implementation -- Setting the stage: the political and economic context -- Overview of the movement -- A closer look at living wage campaigns -- Living wage outcomes -- Implementation: what happens after laws are passed? -- Fighting from the outside -- Coalitions playing a formal...

Introduction -- Democratic theory -- Evolution of wage policy -- Post New Deal Era and the demise of wage policy -- New living wage movement -- Wage policy for the middle class -- Wage policy and the path towards democracy

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Descriptive Evidence on Minimum Wage Effects -- 3 A Model of Minimum Wage Effects on Labor Market Careers -- 4 Labor Market and Welfare Impacts of Minimum Wages -- 5 Minimum Wage Effects on Labor Market Outcomes -- 6 Assessing the Welfare...