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Democratic Hot Topics: Minimum Wage
From the U.S. House Democratic Leadership official site.
http://www.house.gov/democrats/ht_min_wage.html
Oregon Minimum Wage Increases Boost Welfare-to-Work Efforts - Report -5/29/98
Report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
http://www.cbpp.org/529ormw.htm
Minimum Wage and Unemployment
Chart which explains how the minimum wage theoretically creates an artificial shortage of jobs.
http://members.tripod.com/~GOPcapitalist/supply.html#Minimum
Minimum Wage Escalation
Examines legislation that would automatically escalate the minimum wage based on earnings elsewhere in the economy.
http://www.amatecon.com/etext/mwe/mwe-es.html
The Minimum Wage: Washington's Perennial Myth
Policy analysis from the Cato Institute that takes a critical look at efforts to legislate a higher minimum wage.
http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa106.html
The $hit End of the Stick
Site devoted to issues concerning the working poor.
http://www.fdungan.com/stick.htm
Sense and Nonsense on the Minimum Wage
Article from Regulation magazine that argues against the minimum wage.
http://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/reg18n1c.html
Minimum Wage - It Just Doesn't Add Up
Article on how US minimum wage jobs are not enough to support a family, and keep families in grinding poverty.
http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0829-08.htm
Almanac of Policy Issues: Minimum Wage
News, background information, and links on the U.S. minimum wage.
http://www.policyalmanac.org/economic/minimum_wage.shtml
Does an Increase in the Minimum Wage Result in a Higher Unemployment Rate?
Article discussing the employment effects of the minimum wage.
http://www.swcollege.com/bef/policy_debates/increase_minimum.html
U.S. Department of Labor - Wage and Hour Division
Information from the federal Department of Labor.
http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/flsa/
Minimum Wage and Fairness
Mackinac Center study arguing against the minimum wage, by Michael LaFaive.
http://www.mackinac.org/article.asp?ID=674
Minimum Wage Causes Maximum Pain
Essay concerning the origin of the minimum wage and its negative impact on women, minorities, and unskilled workers.
http://www.mackinac.org/article.asp?ID=356
Minimum/Living Wage
Articles from the Welfare Information Network.
http://www.financeprojectinfo.org/WIN/wages.asp
Justice and Charity in Wages
This article gives a Roman Catholic perspective on the minimum wage debate.
http://www.acton.org/publicat/randl/article.php?id=78
Minimum Wage
Provides brief history of the minimum wage, its adjusted value over decades, and current efforts to increase it. Includes resources, reports, relevant legislation, and policy analysis. From the Coalition on Human Needs.
http://www.chn.org/issues/issue.asp?iss=18
Minimum Wage Issue Guide
Economic Policy Institute guide on the benefits of the minimum wage and effects of an increase, FAQ, and database of related news articles.
http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/issueguides_minwage_minwage
Less than the Minimum - A practical application of conservative economics
Shows how the US minimum wage has in fact gone down in real terms.
http://www.u.arizona.edu/%7Ejcook/minwag.html
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