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as wages, capital intensity, and size to examine the connection between technology use and the wage rates received by … workers. Since higher wages are associated with higher skill levels, establishing a connection between technology use and … wages reinforces the earlier findings …
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This article explores the effects of living wages on low-wage workers and low-income families. First, earlier analyses … confirms earlier findings that business-assistance living wage laws boost wages of the lowest wage workers at the cost of some … that the poverty reductions generated by living wages may stem from income gains for individuals with higher wages or …
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We test for evidence of spatial, residence-based labor market networks. Turnover is lower for workers more connected to their neighbors generally and more connected to neighbors of the same race or ethnic group. Both results are consistent with networks producing better job matches, while the...
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laws reduce employment among the least-skilled workers they are intended to help. But they also increase wages for many of …
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living wage laws and living wage campaigns. We find that living wage laws raise wages of low-wage workers but reduce …
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