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UNINA9910299367503321 |
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Autore |
Levin-Waldman Oren M |
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Titolo |
Restoring the Middle Class through Wage Policy : Arguments for a Minimum Wage / / by Oren M. Levin-Waldman |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
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ISBN |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2018.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xv, 245 pages) |
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Collana |
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Binzagr Institute for Sustainable Prosperity, , 2662-3765 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Economic policy |
Public policy |
Labor economics |
Economic theory |
Economic Policy |
Public Policy |
Labor Economics |
Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Introduction -- 2. Unsettled Findings -- 3. Middle Class Welfare Effects -- 4. The Minimum Wage and Job Creation -- 5. Minimum Wage and Income Distribution -- 6. Other Theoretical Frameworks -- 7. Minimum Wage and Greater Democracy. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book delivers a fresh and fascinating perspective on the issue of the minimum wage. While most discussions of the minimum wage place it at the center of a debate between those who oppose such a policy and argue it leads to greater unemployment, and those who favor it and argue it improves the economic well-being of low-income workers, Levin-Waldman makes the case for the minimum wage as a way to improve the well-being of middle-income workers, strengthen the US economy, reduce income inequality, and enhance democracy. Making a timely and original contribution to the defining issues of our time—the state of the middle class, the problem of inequality, and the crisis of democratic governance—Restoring the Middle Class through |
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Wage Policy will be of interest to students and researchers considering the impact of such approaches across the fields of public policy, economics, and political science. |
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