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- Creatore:
- Kim, Yoon Young
- Descrizione:
- The Los Angeles County approved the Living Wage Ordinance in 1999, and revised the policy in 2015 to require all contractors working on County funded projects pay their employees a minimum $15 an hour by January 1, 2018. The argument for such living wage measures is that paying a “living wage” allows contractor employees to provide for themselves without relying on government for sustenance. Proponents of living wage ordinances argue further that forcing contractors to pay its employees high wages is good for the local economy, as it boosts the spending power of the working class. This Project’s review of literature available on precedents of living wage ordinances in minimum wage movements, as well as political and economic impact of living wage campaigns throughout the U.S. reveal mixed results; while the consensus among the early studies was that such redistributive policies are not effective, harming the economy by increasing unemployment rates, equally as many number of studies have implicated that living wage policies are neither harmful nor much beneficial to the overall economy, while on the contrary, some studies have concluded that living wage laws increased employment rates and helped the economy overall. In addition to the review of past and current literature, the author will evaluate the effectiveness of the County’s Living Wage Program by extensive review of select participants. Author will use extensive interview questions and review the qualitative data from such questions against quantitative data available on County’s Living Wage Program to determine whether the Living Wage Program has been effective in accomplishing its goal of reducing the amount of County residents resorting to various County social and health services.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Public Administration
- Creatore:
- Parker, Robert
- Descrizione:
- Since the United States estabished a minimum wage with the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938, minimum wage has been a largely discussed item within politics. One thought would be that it should be increased proportionally with regards to inflation in order to maintain the purchasing power of minimum wage. Over the years, the minimum wage has continued to increase slowly. However, this has not always been the case. Due to the recent movement of increasing minimum wage to 15 dollars per hour within larger cities, there is little known information about the impact that will occur with this significant increase. In order to address the impacts of increasing minimum wage, this paper will look at historical, as well as foreign data on minimum wage, unemployment, and the reduction of poverty. The idea of a minimum wage increase would appear to help reduce poverty. However, the actual impact is unknown due to the effects that it will have on unemployment, inflation, and other major factors. Looking at similar situations in other countries, it appears that increasing minimum wage has helped to improve poverty, quality of life, and worker morale.
- Resource Type:
- Graduate Project
- Campus Tesim:
- Pomona
- Department:
- Department of Economics