Press Releases / Op-Eds
Only Thing ‘Living Wage’ Raises Is Unemployment, Especially Among Teens
By Michael Saltsman • February 22, 2011 • Washington Examiner
An organization called Respect DC has called for retail giant Wal-Mart to pay its employees a “living wage” if they want to locate in the District. Our neighbors to the north of Eastern Avenue have gone a step further; a ...
EITC vs. Minimum Wage: Where Should Advocates Place Their Bets?
By Michael Saltsman • January 18, 2011 • Spotlight on Poverty
The best way to lift people out of poverty is to help businesses grow and create jobs. But while a rising tide of economic prosperity can reduce poverty, it won’t end it. There’s general agreement that government has a ...
Studies
What’s Best At Reducing Poverty? An Examination of the Effectiveness of the 2007 Minimum Wage Increase
By John P. Formby - University of Alabama, John A. Bishop - East Carolina University, Hoseong Kim - University of Alabama • March 09, 2010
On July 24th, 2009, the federal minimum was raised to $7.25 an hour. This was the last of three 70-cent increases which began in July 2007, and were mandated by the Fair Minimum Wage Act (FMWA) of 2007. In ...
Rotten ACORN: America’s Bad Seed
By Employment Policies Institute • July 01, 2006
New information as of July 9, 2008: The New York Times published an explosive exposé detailing how the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) covered up nearly $1 million in embezzled funds by its founder’s brother. Read ...
Letters to the Editor
Raising Minimum Wage Lowers Employment Rate
May 30, 2011 • Times of Trenton
A new report claims that monthly rent payments remain out of reach for minimum-wage workers in New Jersey (op-ed, "Low-wage earners are out in the cold," May 21). This is misleading; new research out of the University of Nevada-Reno ...
Minimum Wage Worker Often Not Sole Breadwinner
May 15, 2011 • The Capital Times
A new report claims that monthly rent payments remain out-of-reach for minimum wage workers in Wisconsin (“Housing is out of reach for low-income families. So what?”). This is misleading; new research out of the University of Nevada-Reno shows ...