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| Dimensions: 8.81'' x 5.79'' |
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| 75 pages |
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AEI Press
(Washington)
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| Publication Date: December 1996 |
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| Hardcover |
| ISBN: 0844770647 |
| Price: $ 29.95 |
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In its proposal to increase the minimum wage, the Clinton administration has claimed that employment would not be adversely affected. Other research supports the widespread consensus among economists that a higher minimum wage means fewer jobs. In this study, leading proponents of both views discuss the strengths and weaknesses of those arguments.
Contributors include Charles C. Brown, University of Michigan; Kevin M. Murphy, University of Chicago; David Neumark, Michigan State University; Donald R. Deere, Texas A&M University; William Wascher, Federal Reserve; and Finis R. Welch, Texas A&M University.
Marvin H. Kosters is a resident scholar and the director of economic policy studies at AEI.
Table of Contents
Preface
Contributors
- Introduction and Overview
- A Summary of the New Economics of the Minimum Wage
- Examining the Evidence on Minimum Wages and Employment
- Reconciling the Evidence on Employment Effects of Minimum Wages--A Review of Our Research Findings
- The Old Minimum-Wage Literature and Its Lessons for the New
- Employment and the Minimum Wage--What Does the Research Show?
References
Index
