There are better – but harder – solutions than raising minimum wage (op-ed)
There are better – but harder – solutions than raising minimum wage (op-ed)
- May 17, 2015
- David Neumark, economics Chancellor’s Professor, weighs in, courtesy of the Las Vegas Sun May 17, 2015
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From the Las Vegas Sun:
The labor market problems that these higher minimum wages are intended to fix are
very real. But would a higher wage floor address the underlying problems? A large
body of research shows that the answer is almost certainly no, and that there are
better solutions, although these solutions are harder for policymakers to embrace.
… David Neumark is Chancellor’s Professor of Economics and director, Center for Economics
& Public Policy, at University of California, Irvine.
For the full story, please visit http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/may/17/there-are-better-harder-solutions-raising-minimum-/.
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