Book Reviews : The Quest for a Living Wage: The History of the Federal Minimum Wage Program. By Willis J. Nordlund. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997. 240 pp. $57.95 cloth

1999 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-100
Author(s):  
Shawn Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Wage ◽  
Living Wage ◽  
Federal Minimum Wage ◽  
History Of

Book Reviews

2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 758-760
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Wage ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Minimum Wages ◽  
Wage Effects ◽  
History Of ◽  
University Of Massachusetts ◽  
The University ◽  
Associate Director

Arindrajit Dube of University of Massachusetts Amherst reviews “Minimum Wages” by David Neumark and William L. Wascher. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Presents an overview of the evidence on the economic effects of minimum wages. Discusses the history of the minimum wage in the United States; the effects of minimum wages on employment; minimum wage effects on the distribution of wages and earnings; the effects of minimum wages on the distribution of incomes; the effects of minimum wages on skills; the effects of minimum wages on prices and profits; and the political economy of minimum wages. Neumark is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Irvine. Wascher is Associate Director in the Division of Research and Statistics at the Federal Reserve Board. Index.”

Living Wage Ordinances in the Public Sector

2007 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.W. Von Bergen ◽  
William (Will) T. Mawer ◽  
Barlow Soper
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Minimum Wage ◽  
Living Wage ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Public Funds ◽  
The Public ◽  
History Of ◽  
Wage Floor

During the last decade more than 100 governmental units (primarily cities) have implemented living wage ordinances. These regulations require private sector employers who receive public funds through subsidies and contracts to pay their workforces a wage based on “need” rather than “skill.” Such ordinances feature a minimum wage floor that is higher—often much higher—than the traditional minimum wages set by state and federal legislation. This paper provides a history of the living wage movement and presents its benefits and challenges to assist local authorities in decision-making regarding this controversial and politicized issue.

Book reviews

2018 ◽  
pp. 150-152
Author(s):  
L. M. Besov
Keyword(s):  
History Of Science ◽  
State Institution ◽  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Fundamental Science ◽  
Technical Potential ◽  
History Of ◽  
Scientific Technical ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

Presidents of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for 100 years of its existence: Scientific and organizational cont ribution to the progress of fundamental science / VN Gamalia, Yu. K. Duplenko, V. I. Onoprienko, S. P. Ruda, V. S. Savchuk; for ed. V.I. Onoprienko; National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; State Institution "G. M. Dobrov Institute Research of Scientific-Technical Potential and History of Science". - Kyiv: SE "Inf.-analytical Agency ", 2018. - 215 p.

History of Universities

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Reference Material ◽  
Review Essay ◽  
Original Research ◽  
University Reform ◽  
History Of Higher Education ◽  
History Of ◽  
Queens College ◽  
History Of Universities

This issue of the history of universities contains, as usual, an interesting mix of learned articles and book reviews covering topics related to the history of higher education. The volume combines original research and reference material. This issue includes articles on the topics of Alard Palenc; Joseph Belcher and Latin at Harvard; Queens College in Massachusetts; and university reform in Europe. The text includes a review essay as well as the usual book reviews.

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