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Minimum Wages and the Business Cycle: Does a Wage Hike Hurt More in a Weak Economy?
January 2014 · Joseph J. Sabia ·
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What’s Best At Reducing Poverty? An Examination of the Effectiveness of the 2007 Minimum Wage Increase
March 2010 · John P. Formby - University of Alabama, John A. Bishop - East Carolina University, Hoseong Kim - University of Alabama ·
On July 24th, 2009, the federal minimum was raised to $7.25 an hour. This was the last of three 70-cent increases which began in July 2007, and were mandated by the Fair Minimum Wage Act (FMWA) of 2007. In an op-ed published that same day, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis praised the increase for helping “put between 3 million and 5 million Americans a step closer to… -
Rotten ACORN: America’s Bad Seed
July 2006 · Employment Policies Institute ·
New information as of July 9, 2008: The New York Times published an explosive exposé detailing how the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) covered up nearly $1 million in embezzled funds by its founder’s brother. Read our statement about ACORN’s long history of fraud and corruption. ACORN says it is a community group, but it is really a multi-million-dollar, multinational conglomerate. Its political agenda… -
Santa Fe’s Living Wage and the Labor Market
September 2005 · Dr. Aaron Yelowitz - University of Kentucky ·
In October, voters in Albuquerque, New Mexico will decide on a minimum wage of $7.50 an hour for all employees in the city. If passed, Albuquerque will become the fourth city in America to institute a wage floor above the federal level . The first city to do so was neighboring Santa Fe, New Mexico which implemented an $8.50 minimum wage in June, 2004. This study, by…