University of Washington researchers continue to study the impact of the 2014 Seattle minimum wage ordinance. An interdisciplinary team of faculty and graduate students who have tracked various industries since the ordinance's ...
Social Sciences
Feb 7, 2019
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Marriage rates in the U.S. are declining, especially among the lowest-income Americans.
Social Sciences
Nov 28, 2018
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Meal kits make cooking easier for millions of busy families and time-starved professionals. But a new study by the Center for Labor Research and Education (Labor Center) at UC Berkeley suggests that the workers filling boxes ...
Economics & Business
Oct 31, 2018
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In South Africa, more than 50% of working age adults don't have jobs. But is the country asking the right questions when it comes to understanding what drives people's employment-related decisions? Research on unemployment ...
Social Sciences
Oct 1, 2018
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Aligning minimum wages with fair ('living') wages could generate further positive productivity effects and slash the number of working poor, Australian and British researchers have found.
Economics & Business
Jun 2, 2016
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A proposal to redefine low wage employers' obligations to their workers could raise up to $190 million a year in new revenue for Connecticut to help pay for public assistance programs, according to a new study by a group ...
Economics & Business
May 18, 2015
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A University of York economist has played a key role in a major review of the future of the minimum wage in the UK by the Resolution Foundation.
Economics & Business
Mar 14, 2014
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