TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Adams, Scott
AU  - Neumark, David
        TI  - The Effects of Living Wage Laws: Evidence from Failed and Derailed Living Wage Campaigns
        PY  - 2005/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 1566
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp1566
        AB  - Living wage campaigns have succeeded in about 100 jurisdictions in the United States but have also been unsuccessful in numerous cities. These unsuccessful campaigns provide a better control group or counterfactual for estimating the effects of living wage laws than the broader set of all cities without a law, and also permit the separate estimation of the effects of living wage laws and living wage campaigns. We find that living wage laws raise wages of low-wage workers but reduce employment among the least-skilled, especially when the laws cover business assistance recipients or are accompanied by similar laws in nearby cities.
        KW  - wages
KW  - living wages
KW  - employment
        ER  -