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> The dynamic you've described is no different than a licensed professional hiring unlicensed worker to work under them. The key here is the second part, where
by jakelazaroff 7y ago
> The dynamic you've described is no different than a licensed professional hiring unlicensed worker to work under them.
The key here is the second part, where that limitation is being used to coerce them into accepting disadvantageous terms.
> Sure, I guess the plumber's apprentice could just not work but so could the illegal immigrant at some point it just becomes an exercise drawing arbitrary lines with regard to how much money one needs to survive.
Perhaps we could implement some sort of "minimum wage" to ensure employers pay enough for their employees to survive.
- Kalium 7y agoMinimum wages are great for people already in the legal labor market. For people outside it, it creates incentives to find a way in (honestly or otherwise). For businesses, it can create incentives to find a way to get access to the less than entirely legal labor pool with a wink and a nudge for deniability. To be absolutely clear, a minimum wage is in no way a bad thing! It's just worth bearing in mind that incentives are complex things.