Washington – Santa Fe’s least educated and low skilled will be at risk for loss of employment under Santa Fe’s proposed “living wage” increase, according to new research from The Employment Policies Institute (EPI). The mandated wage increase is a poor instrument for targeting those in poverty, as those mostly affected by the increase are either second earners or children in a family living […]

Washington – Santa Fe’s least educated and low skilled will be at risk for loss of employment under Santa Fe’s proposed “living wage” increase, according to new research from The Employment Policies Institute (EPI). The mandated wage increase is a poor instrument for targeting those in poverty, as those mostly affected by the increase are either second earners or children in a family living […]

Washington – U.S. labor economists, living wage proponents and opponents overwhelmingly agree that so-called “living wage” laws will result in low-wage workers being replaced by higher skilled, more educated workers. A national survey of labor economists in the American Economic Association was conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center for the Employment Policies Institute. The conclusion shows nearly eight in ten labor […]

Washington – U.S. labor economists, living wage proponents and opponents overwhelmingly agree that so-called “living wage” laws will result in low-wage workers being replaced by higher skilled, more educated workers. A national survey of labor economists in the American Economic Association was conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center for the Employment Policies Institute. The conclusion shows nearly eight in ten labor […]

Washington – Governor Gray Davis is expected to sign a controversial health insurance bill this weekend that would cost California businesses $11.4 billion a year. The enormous cost and consequences of Senate Bill 2 are analyzed in a report conducted by Dr. Aaron Yelowitz, a nationally respected labor and health economist at the University of Kentucky and a research fellow at the National […]

Washington – Governor Gray Davis is expected to sign a controversial health insurance bill this weekend that would cost California businesses $11.4 billion a year. The enormous cost and consequences of Senate Bill 2 are analyzed in a report conducted by Dr. Aaron Yelowitz, a nationally respected labor and health economist at the University of Kentucky and a research fellow at the National […]