Submitted by Cry Wolf Project on November 1, 2003 - 5:18pm
Date Published:
Sat, 11/01/2003
Brennan Center for Justice. Andrew J. Elmore. November 2003.
“Living Wage Laws and Communities: Smarter Economic Development, Lower Than Expected Costs,” by Andrew J. Elmore, finds that cities with living wage laws had “contract costs increased by less than 0.1% of the overall local budget.” Few local officials reported that the living wage laws drove away potential business investment.
Living wage laws covered include policies in: Duluth, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Oakland, San Antonio, San Francisco, Toledo, Warren, Ypsilanti, Ypsilanti Township.
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