For decades‚ the minimum wage has always been a heated issue that is seriously considered by the majority of people. In fact‚ in some aspects‚ an increase in the minimum wage can bring numerous benefits. Initially‚ it partly makes a significant contribution to the development of the economy by boosting the consumption as well as building up the growing speed of jobs. Secondly‚ raising the basic income causes a decrease in the number of poor employees by increasing their life expectancy. Besides‚
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Some people may support minimum wage legislation because they believe it will help struggling workers to make ends meet. What do you think about that? Minimum wage‚ as a kind of price floor‚ refers to the least amount of money that employers can legally pay labors for per hour of work. Therefore‚ government sets a price that is under the market equilibrium price in order to reduce the poverty and ensure that young employees and minority will not be treated unequally. However‚ those aimed goals
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Higher wage hurts the people it is meant to help the most‚ including the ones in poverty and low working class. Many of the uneducated will be competed out of jobs making it harder than it already is to get a job. In “Researchers Probe Pros and Cons Of Seattle’s $15 Minimum Wage” Wang reveals‚ “The weight of evidence suggests that moderate minimum wage increases have insignificant to non-existing negative effects on employment… reduce worker turnover and worker retention‚ and result in small‚ one-time
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The “effective” minimum wage is lower than it was when Reagan was president. While some believe that raising the minimum wage will not help those below the poverty line who do not currently have jobs‚ raising the minimum wage is a good idea because if you account for inflation‚ then the purchasing power of the minimum wage is 20% lower than when Ronald Reagan was president‚ and the men and women today do not want a handout but just a fair day’s pay. We should raise the minimum wage because it is effectively
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A minimum wage is introduced into an experimental labor market characterized by gift exchange. In the experiment‚ subjects are randomly divided into two groups‚ including manager group and employees group‚ with ten subjects in each group. In all periods each manager was matched anonymously with one employee no more than twice and never re-matched in two consecutive periods. In each period‚ the manager makes an individual wage offer to his matched employee and wage offers were written directly on
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The Minimum Wage rate policy dramatically affects U.S citizens. The amount of the wage rate‚ shapes people’s well-being; it can either benefit or hinder Americans. Currently‚ it causes a hindrance on low-income. However‚ not everyone agrees that the policy should be adjusted‚ and this is what sparks the nationwide debate. In many states across the country‚ people are protesting and petitioning against the government to increase the federal minimum wage. According to EPI (Economic Policy Institute)
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relates to federal minimum wage". Though it is obvious that income inequality exists in every State‚ ethnicity‚ and generation‚ what makes it an important topic to discuss is the growing infliction of unequal distribution of household or individual income across the various participants in an American economy. Therefore‚ even with an existing policy that was passed in 1938‚ to assist with the uneven wealth distribution‚ the Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA) enactment of federal minimum wage did little to
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1. A person earning minimum wage is probably working a job at an unskilled labour level. 2. The level of the minimum wage over the years has been rising at a slightly lower rate than the poverty threshold for a family of 4‚ and tends to lie somewhere that is slightly above the threshold for one person under 65‚ but a decent amount lower than the threshold for a family of 4. I can conclude that the minimum wage is not designed to support a family‚ and I could conclude that’s because it is less
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Unemployment is one of the most continuous and growing problems in the United States. With an increase of minimum wage‚ unemployed workers would feel more encouraged to get a job and get out of debt. Minimum wage should be moved up to fifteen dollars because of the payments needed and the employment. Everybody in the nation has to make payments‚ whether it involves buying food or paying rent. College students have to pay off their student loans‚ but while they are busy with classes‚ they don’t
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restaurants are profiting each year in big part due to the minimum wages they offer employees. I myself was an employee working at McDonalds‚ and for the amount of work required‚ making more than minimum wage is justifiable. On average
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