This study analyses the employment distribution of the working-age women by occupations across their activities in usual principal status in the Periodic Labour Force Survey for 2017–18 by taking into account the household-specific factors and workers’ personal characteristics by using a multinomial logit model. The study infers that gender differences in returns to schooling
Republican Plan to Raise the Minimum Wage Is Self-Defeating
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February 24 2021, 2:02 AM
(Bloomberg Opinion) Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour has been one of the most important goals of the progressive left, and President Joe Biden has included the âFight for $15â in his $1.9 trillion stimulus proposal. Now two Republican senators, Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Mitt Romney of Utah, have put forward their own proposal to raise the wage floor, to $10 per hour.
(Bloomberg Opinion) Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour has been one of the most important goals of the progressive left, and President Joe Biden has included the âFight for $15â in his $1.9 trillion stimulus proposal. Now two Republican senators, Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Mitt Romney of Utah, have put forward their own proposal to raise the wage floor, to $10 per hour.
The folly of a $15 minimum wage Is boosting middle-class income worth eliminating jobs for the most vulnerable workers in the labor market?
By Michael R. Strain Bloomberg Opinion January 25, 2021 5:22pm Text size Copy shortlink:
President Joe Biden is already working hard to sell his ambitious plan to get people back to work and help the economy heal from the pandemic recession. It s too bad the plan includes a key element that would get in the way: a $15 federal minimum wage that would slow the recovery and devastate many low-wage workers.
Few policy issues are as charged as the minimum wage, with supporters and opponents alike making extreme arguments.