 | A Measure of Fairness: The Economics of Living Wages and Minimum Wages in the United States In early 2007, there were approximately 140 living wage ordinances in place throughout the United States. Communities around the country frequently debate new proposals of this sort. Additionally, as a result of ballot initiatives, twenty-nine states... Robert Pollin is Professor of Economics and Codirector of the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. He is the author of Contours of Descent and coauthor with Stephanie Luce of The Living Wage . Mark Brenner is Codirector of Labor Notes . Jeannette Wicks-Lim is Assistant Research Professor at the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Stephanie Luce is Associate Professor at the Labor Center of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. She is coauthor of Fighting for a Living Wage , also from Cornell. |
