...The effects of introducing a living wage of £7.20 per hour on the labour market can be examined using the data known about the introduction of the minimum wage in April 1999. The living wage behaves like as a price floor as the government intervenes to maintain wages above the equilibrium wage, which is represented as the current minimum wage of £6.70. The diagram represents the theoretical effects of the policy: We can infer that due to the new policy, there are fewer workers demanded than there are supplied leading to a worker surplus. Hence the living wage is binding on the labour market as wages can’t drop below £7.20. Businesses are generating the same profit, while providing higher wages, so demand for workers shrinks. Employees work effectively and efficiently due to the...
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...Why should minimum wage stay the same? Minimum wage shouldn’t be risen because of the value of the dollar. Not only would the value of the dollar go down but, more people would be unemployed. “The rich will get richer while the poor get poorer” as said by William Henry Harrison on October 1st, 1840. With the minimum wage going up, prices will go up and the economy will collapse because of inflation. The economy will be unstable and homeless people will be receiving less money. In 2008 the economy collapsed, badly, we can refer to what happened then to what will happen now. People will work less and get more and think they are set for life when they are very rich. Off of basically doing nothing and getting 15 dollars an hour and having a 48...
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...Among the hot topics in Washington, increasing the federal minimum wage is seen as both a necessary measure, or the single largest cut to small business of this era. Politicians debate but a general consensus by renowned economists are clear: Increasing the federal minimum wage to $10.10 would be beneficial to the economy, especially in the lower and middle classes. The individuals making wage are not overwhelmingly teenagers. A majority of the people making under $10.10 are women, average aged 35 and support more than one person (“Minimum Wage, Who Makes It?”). Because of these slanted figures compared to non-minimum wage jobs, increasing the federal minimum wage to $10.10 has the capability of bringing up the salary of 28 million Americans,...
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...Battle to Raise Minimum Wage Lyvonda Wadley Baker College The raising of minimum wage will have a negative impact on the economy while $15 minimum wage increase ripples across the states. In the article The Hamilton Project explains, “U.S. policymakers continue to engage in an active debate over the minimum wage. Calls for minimum wage increases—at the federal, state, and local levels—are based on the premise that rises in the minimum wage will improve the economic well-being of low-paid workers (Kearney, M. S., & Harris, B. H. (n.d.)... Minimum wage increase would actually have a deleterious effect on the economy, low-skilled workers, unemployment, and surrounding businesses. “Congress instituted the minimum wage in 1938 as part...
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...Todd Palmer said it best when he commented, “An increase to the minimum wage won’t help workers in the long run.” Minimum wage workers have plenty of reasons why they should be make more, but most of their reasons can easily be dismissed. Sure, the workers will be making more money, but only trouble can come from an increase in minimum wage. An increase in cost of everyday things, a negative affect on young workers, and an increase in unemployment, companies replacing workers with robots are just a few of the problems that can unfold. If we increase the minimum amount that people can make, then companies have to increase the price for their products so that they can pay their employees the minimum. “[B]usinesses tend to react to minimum wage increases by raising the prices of the goods and services they provide” (Hirby). Also, if you increase how much people make, now because you have more money to spend, you should be able to pay more for your necessities. This is going to cause for another demand for an increase in minimum wage. Workers protest that they are unable to adequately finance their families, but the point of minimum wage was never to support a family. Minimum wage was meant for high school and college students with...
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... CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY I certify that the attached paper, which was produced for the class identified above, is original work and has not previously been submitted by me or by anyone else for any current or previous class or course. I further declare that I have cited all sources from which I used language, ideas, and information, whether quoted verbatim or assistance of any kind, which I received while producing this paper, has been acknowledge in the references section. This paper includes no trademarked material, logos, or images from the Internet, which I do not have written permission to include. I further agree that my name typed on the line below is intended to have, and shall have the name validity as my handwritten signature. As of January 1, 2013 there was a minimum wage increase of 15 cents from $7.70 to $7.85 in the state of Ohio and 19 other states, this affected Ohio’s local government. Ohio’s local government will be responsible to enforce this new policy to employers. The department of labor wage and hour division is also responsible in ensuring this process is used by properly. The minimum wage increase policy was developed as a cost of living increase. Ohio will be affected by this new policy it will be more money back into the communities and give the minimum wage employees some spending power. The policy that has affected the local government is the minimum wage increase, which begins on Tuesday January 1, 2013. The local...
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...This paper discusses some of the additional effects raising the minimum wage income has on society. The United States low wage workers, namely the fast food industry workers are currently demanding higher wages. We will discuss the effect of those higher wages to businesses, the workers and those who we would not think to be affected. Effects of Minimum Wage Increases Chapter 1 Introduction Anyone who watches the local or national news has heard of the recent debate over raising the nation’s minimum wage requirements. Employees of McDonald’s, Wendy’s and Burger King are protesting in the streets and going on strike demanding a $15 per hour minimum wage (Fast Food Workers). These restaurant chains and others do not believe the minimum wage should be raised to $15 per hour for fast-food workers. There are many arguments to support both the demand to raise the minimum wage and not to raise the minimum wage. This paper will focus on different arguments and the impacts of raising the minimum wage will have on society from different angles, the first being how employers may respond to the wage increase by reducing the amount of employees they employ. The second focuses on who the mandated increase will most likely impact. And the third and final being the artificial inflation effects on the consumer. History Raising the minimum wage is not a new idea for the United States. In 1938 congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) which ensured minimum wage of 25...
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...of Topic: Is a $15 minimum wage in large American cities fair to the affected businesses? On Nov 2014, San Francisco has voted to raise the minimum wage to $15 over a course of the next three years. This article intends to analyze the impact of the decision on businesses. The ripple effects of the wage hike are felt not just businesses that employ blue-collar workforce but also by larger corporations and the US economy as a whole. The wage hike is primarily aimed at providing economic stimulus to blue-collar workforce, who must live off their hourly wage. The article will be segmented into two parts – Fair and Unfair. Reasons that highlight both standpoints will be listed out and discussed in each segment. Fair to US Businesses Reduces employment and training costs. Employee turnover, ranging from 50 to 200%, is a serious problem among many businesses that employ a major chunk of the blue-collar workforce. (For example, an employer with annual turnover of 100% means that the firm is employing two different people for one position). All this translates to roughly 30 to 150% of yearly pay . Increases consumer spending due to increase in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). Research undertaken by the federal government and also research agencies, indicates that wage hike results in approx. $50 B in spending. This increased spending can be captured by businesses in general. GDP grows by $22B , which leads to better business. Research by EPI, a research group funded partly...
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...22/06/15 The Effect of a Raise in the Minimum Wage on Employment and Profitabilty in the RMG Sector of Bangladesh, Drawing Sources From Other Developing Countries The study of minimum wages has led to many debates surrounding the topic whether a raise in minimum wage can kill businesses in profitability and employment or the change in profitability and employment is insignificant. This is a hot topic for policy makers in both developed and developing countries as a raise in minimum wage affects the economy in terms of economic growth, standards of living for the poor, survival of businesses and employment. A lot of research and literature has shown that a hike in minimum wages do not particularly affect the developed nations but the same hikes in developing countries can cause damage to firms depending on the size of the firms and their profitability. This paper attempts to show that the garments sector in Bangladesh (Ready made Garments Industry) faces the same dilemma. Since the Savar tragedy in late 2013 where a garment factory, Rana Plaza, collapsed which killed more than 1,100 people and injured and more than 2,500 people injured, garment workers and civil society demanded a raise of minimum wage from 3000 tk to 5,300 tk every month. This tragedy and similar events in developing countries lead us to think how businesses especially in the developing countries where wage rates and productivity are low can operate if minimum wage is suddenly increased threefold and why...
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...The United States’ minimum wage is absurdly lower than what is realistically required to survive in today’s economy. Hard working, impoverished citizens file countless applications for welfare and food stamps every day. These government aid programs are costing us billions of dollars. These funds could be re-appropriated for studying green technology, or for providing much needed maintenance to our national infrastructure. In any event, our system of regulating compensation for services rendered is long overdue for fresh legislation. In the 1930’s, congress passed a bill setting minimum wage at $5.25 an hour. Given the exponential inflation since that time, wages should have increased proportionately to the cost of consumer goods. Unfortunately,...
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...Overview of the Federal Minimum Wage The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), a law that guarantees employees and youth a fair minimum wage and overtime pay. It is regulated by the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL); it mandates employers to pay all nonexempt employees a federal minimum wage no less than the determine amount set by the government (U.S. DOL, 2011). Unfortunately, the federal minimum wage still sits at $7.25 per hour and has remained the same since George W. Bush signed a law to change it on July 24, 2009 (Risher, 2013; U.S. DOL, 2011). So, why did so many government officials decline the increase of the federal minimum wage and why do they fear the positive impact that the increase will have on America? This paper intends to briefly discuss six laws, all pertaining to federal minimum wage introduced to the House of Representatives within a year and highlight one member of the senate who disapproved the law for passing. In addition, this paper will briefly point out statements made about why some Senators chose to decline the bill; and finally, this paper intends to briefly explain any legal issues preventing the wage increase and implications for management. Start of Hope: Minimum Wage Fairness United States senators and representatives have introduced numerous federal minimum wage bills to the House of Representatives in order to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) during their term. These bills were designed to either...
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...of the poor. Many politicians argue that raising the minimum wage best increases the incomes of the working poor. However, others believe that increasing the earned income tax credit (EITC) best provides financial relief to low income families, while still others believe neither policy is necessary. This paper examines the costs and benefits of a Kentucky state-level minimum wage increase, a state-level EITC, and a combination of both. Discussion following...
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...0822881 Minimum wage bill defeated in Parliament Introduction: The demand to raise New Zealand’s minimum wage has decline. We live in a society where government has to make balance between employers and employees. Workers want better paying job and at the same time employers want to control labour cost. Therefor government put the floor of minimum wage “a minimum wage is the lowest wage that each employee can legally get from an employer” (exclusive papers). This is the lowest amount that a worker can sell his/her labour and that is what we need for better economy right now especially not a price ceiling which is "a set below the market price, then a "shortage" is created; the quantity demanded will exceed the quantity supplied"(week 3w/s).However increasing the minimum wage dose have many consequences on society, people will have better standard of living and encouraging more people to work but at the same time it will affect the employers in increase on their production costs. Therefore the employers has to cut down the staff and it could be hard to find a job for unskilled workers, youth or adults could also face problems in finding the job, which may result as increase in unemployment. Body: Economist needs assumptions to simplify the reality and models to apply (lecture1).As we take simple demand and supply frame work if the price of a commodity goes up, the demand of it goes down (week3) it is the same in case of labour market if government increases minimum wage...
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...Shukla; Ashish; 1381406 Minimum wage INTRODUCTION The 2012 minimum wage bill in parliament is defeated, and created dissatisfaction in society, as people are really struggling to manage their lives, especially particular section of society who is unskilled and working on minimum wage. Now to understand the issues we have to look into two perceptions first from general public for whom good life means more money, second from economist mind for example Tim Maloney who studied series of data from 1985 to mid 1990 to addresses the impact of minimum wage change on teenagers and young adults. He finds negative impact of minimum wage on youth and young adults labor market, with demand elasticity of -0.35, and over longer time period -0.38(Chapple,1997). Now suppose a young adult who don’t have job and gets one but employee don’t want to pay minimum wage as he thinks he will lose money, in this situation as government has set price floor for wages and ready to pay government benefits from tax payer money but will not allow anyone to work below minimum wage, in this case government is losing money and increasing unemployment. In this situation if minimum wage increase, can create imbalance in economic structure, and if not will create dissatisfaction in normal public. EFFECT ON SOCIETY Increase in minimum wage has different impact on society; it’s suggested that some segments of society which will be affected like youth (16-18 age), adult (20+ ages)...
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...Microeconomics Research Paper Minimum Wage In the United States, minimum wage has remained at a low number for several years. Minimum wage is defined as the lowest possible income that an employer can legally pay an employee. This ensures that all people are fairly paid and not defrauded by companies or businesses. Minimum wage is considered a price floor and the minimum wage laws determine the lowest price possible that any employer must pay for labor. In an economic model, the quantity of supplied is greater than the quantity demanded and the minimum wage is above equilibrium price and quantity. Minimum wage prevents labor supplied and labor demanded from moving toward equilibrium price and quantity. Although the government is trying to maintain a good balance of income distribution, there are is a high amount of people that work year round and still fall under the national poverty level. The government tries to stop the rich from getting richer, and the poor from getting poorer, so they make sure that everyone is earning the same amount of money. Even if our balanced income distribution is at a good number, an increase of the minimum wage price would help our country in a lot of ways. Raising the current minimum wage is one way to reduce poverty, will help businesses grow, and could help a lot of communities as well. The first advantage of increasing the minimum wage is that it will help poor people to earn a higher income. For many workers, minimum wage is simply not...
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