TY  - JOUR
AU  - Adams,Scott
AU  - Neumark,David
TI  - When Do Living Wages Bite?
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 10561
PY  - 2004
Y2  - June 2004
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w10561
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w10561.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Scott Adams
E-Mail: sjadams@uwm.edu

David Neumark
Department of Economics
University of California at Irvine
3151 Social Science Plaza
Irvine, CA  92697
Tel: 949-824-8496
Fax: 949/824-2182
E-Mail: dneumark@uci.edu
AB  - Many features of living wage laws may influence the strength of their effects on wages and employment of low-skill individuals. Echoing past research, business assistance living wage laws generate stronger wage increases and employment reductions than contractor-only laws. But broader enforcement or implementation and geographic concentration of living wage laws also appear to strengthen their effects. Finally, geographic concentration may be more significant than the distinction between business assistance and contractor-only living wage laws.
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