In February 2002, New Orleans endorsed with a 63 percent majority a ballot initiative to establish a citywide minimum wage one dollar above the federal minimum. We surveyed New Orleans businesses in 1999 to estimate this proposal's costs. We present the main results from this survey. We then...

Although the living wage movement has been instrumental in the passage of almost 120 ordinances in its ten-year history, little attention has been paid to the implementation of the laws. This article analyzes the factors that can affect the success of living wage implementation. The results...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Private Equity: Investors as Managers -- Chapter 2. Institutional Change and the Emergence of Private Equity -- Chapter 3. The Business Model: How Private Equity Makes Money -- Chapter 4. The...