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Because if other states which do have anti-union laws are thinking about imposing minimum wage laws to improve the lives of low wage workers they might want to
by vcdimension 9y ago
Because if other states which do have anti-union laws are thinking about imposing minimum wage laws to improve the lives of low wage workers they might want to think again.
Scandinavia is often upheld as a model for low levels of inequality and high standards of living.
I'm sure there are plenty of other things to take into account, but it was just a simple observation.
- dragonwriter 9y agoSeattle is not a state; there are reasons to think that local minimum wage increases have different effects than statewide increases, which have different effects than national increases. Each time you increase the size of the jurisdiction, the opportunity for business to simply reroute to a lower cost jurisdiction (or entities not impacted by the smallwr-jurisdiction rule even if located in the jurisdiction) is reduced.
- vcdimension 9y agoYes, and as with all previous statistical studies on minimum wage there are other caveats aswell. I think the main one is the fact that the minimum wage is so much higher in Seattle than elsewhere: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/seattles-minimum-wage-hike-may-have-gone-too-far/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/seattles-minimum-wage-h... However, this appears to be the best study so far.