Minimum wage policy in Great Britain and the United States /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Waltman, Jerold L., 1945-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Algora Pub., ©2008.
Subjects:
Minimum wage > United States.
Minimum wage > Law and legislation > United States.
Minimum wage > Government policy > United States.
Minimum wage > Great Britain.
Minimum wage > Law and legislation > Great Britain.
Minimum wage > Government policy > Great Britain.
Salaires minimums > États-Unis.
Salaires minimums > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Salaires minimums > Grande-Bretagne.
Salaires minimums > Politique gouvernementale > Grande-Bretagne.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Minimum wage.
Minimum wage > Government policy.
Minimum wage > Law and legislation.
Great Britain.
United States.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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