California inequality act
California inequality act
- March 29, 2016
- David Neumark, economics Chancellor’s Professor, is quoted in The Wall Street Journal March 29, 2016
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From the WSJ:
The Governor this week struck a deal with Democratic lawmakers and union leaders to
raise the minimum wage every year for six years until the state reaches $15 an hour.
… Only about 22 percent of San Francisco’s workers would be covered by the new law,
according to data crunched by David Neumark , an economist at the University of California,
Irvine.
For the full story, please visit http://www.wsj.com/articles/california-inequality-act-1459294385.
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