Minimum Wages

by William L Wascher, David Neumark, William L. Wascher

Book Overview

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 exist in more than one hundred countries, both industrialized and developing. The United States passed a federal minimum wage law in 1938 and has increased the minimum wage and its coverage at irregular intervals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262515083
• ISBN13: 9780262515085
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Mit Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher