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2001059607 contributor B8965501.
2001059607 created "2002.".
2001059607 date "2002".
2001059607 date "2002.".
2001059607 dateCopyrighted "2002.".
2001059607 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-145).".
2001059607 description "Machine generated contents note: Forewordiii -- Sum m ary v -- Figuresxvii -- Tablesxix -- Acknowledgmentsxxiii -- 1. INTRODUCTION1 -- Descriptions of Living Wage Laws1 -- Research Goals and Questions10 -- Overview of This Report13 -- 2. THEORETICAL PREDICTIONS OF THE EFFECTS OF -- LIVING WAGES15 -- Predicted Effects of Living Wages for Low-Wage Workers 15 -- Other Effects of Living Wage Laws20 -- Living Wages and Low-Income Families 21 -- 3. LESSONS FROM RESEARCH ON MINIMUM -- W AGES23 -- The Employment Effects of Minimum Wages 23 -- Minimum Wages and Low-Wage Workers 24 -- Minimum Wages and Low-Income Families 26 -- Summary26 -- 4. EXISTING RESEARCH ON LIVING WAGES 27 -- Labor Market Effects27 -- Contracting30 -- Living Wage Reports for California31 -- Summary33 -- 5. DO LIVING WAGE LAWS RAISE THE WAGES OF -- LOW-WAGE WORKERS? 35 -- Data36 -- Overall Research Design40 -- Analyzing Wage Effects41 -- Graphical Analysis47 -- Basic Wage Results51 -- Additional Research Design Issues54 -- Assessing the Magnitudes57 -- Are the Estimates Driven by Covered Workers?58 -- Are Living Wage Laws Broader Than Is Commonly -- Thought?63 -- Do the Estimated Living Wage Effects Reflect Unmeasured -- State Policy Changes?66 -- Does Endogenous Policy Bias the Estimated Living Wage -- Effects?68 -- Basic Wage Results for California71 -- Conclusions73 -- 6. WHAT ARE THE EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS OF -- LIVING WAGE LAWS?77 -- Evidence of Employment Effects77 -- Graphical Analysis78 -- Regression Results78 -- Results for California85 -- Conclusions86 -- 7. DO LIVING WAGE ORDINANCES REDUCE URBAN -- POVERTY?89 -- Data91 -- Effects on Poverty-Level Earnings91 -- Effects of Living Wages on Poverty92 -- Graphical Analysis95 -- Regression Results95 -- Results for California101 -- Conclusions101 -- 8. THE EFFECTS OF LIVING WAGES ON UNIONIZED -- MUNICIPAL WORKERS103 -- Relationship to Earlier Findings105 -- Union Support for Living Wages106 -- Dependent Variables and Hypotheses to Be Tested110 -- Descriptive Statistics on Workers111 -- Descriptive Statistics on Cities114 -- Effects of Living Wage Laws on the Workforce Share of -- Unionized Municipal Workers118 -- Effects of Living Wage Laws on the Wages of Unionized -- Municipal Workers120 -- Conclusions127 -- 9. CONCLUSIONS131 -- Effects on Wages of Low-Wage Workers132 -- The Effects of Living Wage Laws on Low-Wage Workers and -- Low-Income Families132 -- Do Narrow Living Wage Laws Offer Gains to Unionized -- Municipal Workers?133 -- Summary133 -- Remaining Questions134 -- References139 -- About the Author147 -- Other Related PPIC Publications149.".
2001059607 extent "xxiii, 149 p. :".
2001059607 identifier "1582130434".
2001059607 identifier 2001059607.html.
2001059607 issued "2002".
2001059607 issued "2002.".
2001059607 language "eng".
2001059607 publisher "San Francisco : Public Policy Institute of California,".
2001059607 spatial "United States.".
2001059607 subject "331.2/3 21".
2001059607 subject "Cost and standard of living United States.".
2001059607 subject "Family policy United States.".
2001059607 subject "HD4973 .N48 2002".
2001059607 subject "Households United States.".
2001059607 subject "Income United States.".
2001059607 subject "Living wage movement United States.".
2001059607 subject "Minimum wage United States.".
2001059607 subject "Poverty United States.".
2001059607 subject "Public contracts United States.".
2001059607 subject "Wages Law and legislation United States.".
2001059607 tableOfContents "Machine generated contents note: Forewordiii -- Sum m ary v -- Figuresxvii -- Tablesxix -- Acknowledgmentsxxiii -- 1. INTRODUCTION1 -- Descriptions of Living Wage Laws1 -- Research Goals and Questions10 -- Overview of This Report13 -- 2. THEORETICAL PREDICTIONS OF THE EFFECTS OF -- LIVING WAGES15 -- Predicted Effects of Living Wages for Low-Wage Workers 15 -- Other Effects of Living Wage Laws20 -- Living Wages and Low-Income Families 21 -- 3. LESSONS FROM RESEARCH ON MINIMUM -- W AGES23 -- The Employment Effects of Minimum Wages 23 -- Minimum Wages and Low-Wage Workers 24 -- Minimum Wages and Low-Income Families 26 -- Summary26 -- 4. EXISTING RESEARCH ON LIVING WAGES 27 -- Labor Market Effects27 -- Contracting30 -- Living Wage Reports for California31 -- Summary33 -- 5. DO LIVING WAGE LAWS RAISE THE WAGES OF -- LOW-WAGE WORKERS? 35 -- Data36 -- Overall Research Design40 -- Analyzing Wage Effects41 -- Graphical Analysis47 -- Basic Wage Results51 -- Additional Research Design Issues54 -- Assessing the Magnitudes57 -- Are the Estimates Driven by Covered Workers?58 -- Are Living Wage Laws Broader Than Is Commonly -- Thought?63 -- Do the Estimated Living Wage Effects Reflect Unmeasured -- State Policy Changes?66 -- Does Endogenous Policy Bias the Estimated Living Wage -- Effects?68 -- Basic Wage Results for California71 -- Conclusions73 -- 6. WHAT ARE THE EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS OF -- LIVING WAGE LAWS?77 -- Evidence of Employment Effects77 -- Graphical Analysis78 -- Regression Results78 -- Results for California85 -- Conclusions86 -- 7. DO LIVING WAGE ORDINANCES REDUCE URBAN -- POVERTY?89 -- Data91 -- Effects on Poverty-Level Earnings91 -- Effects of Living Wages on Poverty92 -- Graphical Analysis95 -- Regression Results95 -- Results for California101 -- Conclusions101 -- 8. THE EFFECTS OF LIVING WAGES ON UNIONIZED -- MUNICIPAL WORKERS103 -- Relationship to Earlier Findings105 -- Union Support for Living Wages106 -- Dependent Variables and Hypotheses to Be Tested110 -- Descriptive Statistics on Workers111 -- Descriptive Statistics on Cities114 -- Effects of Living Wage Laws on the Workforce Share of -- Unionized Municipal Workers118 -- Effects of Living Wage Laws on the Wages of Unionized -- Municipal Workers120 -- Conclusions127 -- 9. CONCLUSIONS131 -- Effects on Wages of Low-Wage Workers132 -- The Effects of Living Wage Laws on Low-Wage Workers and -- Low-Income Families132 -- Do Narrow Living Wage Laws Offer Gains to Unionized -- Municipal Workers?133 -- Summary133 -- Remaining Questions134 -- References139 -- About the Author147 -- Other Related PPIC Publications149.".
2001059607 title "How living wage laws affect low-wage workers and low-income families / David Neumark.".
2001059607 type "text".