Weak enforcement will blunt the impact of New York’s $15 minimum wage
Weak enforcement will blunt the impact of New York’s $15 minimum wage
- May 17, 2016
- David Neumark, economics Chancellor’s Professor, on New York’s minimum wage, courtesy of Reason.com, May 17, 2016
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Enforcement lapses are hard to quantify; they don't fit neatly into econometric studies. University of California, Irvine Economist David Neumark, co-author of a comprehensive overview of minimum wage research, told me via email that he isn't aware of any studies of the issue that take weak enforcement into account.
For the full story, please visit http://reason.com/archives/2016/05/17/minimum-wage-15-new-york-cuomo-economics/print.
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