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Minimum wage policy in Great Britain and the United States /

Analyzing wage policies and the political ideas that underlie them, including the irony of an Iraq funding bill leading to a minimum wage increase, this book compares not only Federal but State minimum wage policies and those of Britain as well. Going beyond the debate on public expenditure programs...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Waltman, Jerold L., 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Algora Pub., ©2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The political economy of the minimum wage
  • Origins
  • Decay, death, and rebirth
  • The national minimum wage in operation
  • The federal minimum wage
  • State and local minimum wage policies
  • The living wage campaign
  • Conclusion.