Were B-School Researchers Wrong About Seattle’s Minimum Wage Laws?
Last year, researchers from the University of Washington Foster School of Business found that the Seattle Minimum Wage Ordinance may have been hurting workers. However, just over a year later, those findings have come into question—according to the same researchers.
The University of Washington Looks at the Effect of Minimum Wage
Over the years, there have been many arguments for and against raising the minimum wage. The issue is that study results vary. Three years ago, Seattle became one of the first cities in the nation to approve a $15-an-hour minimum wage, to be implemented over several years. It started in April 2015, when the wage raised to $11 an hour from $9.47. Then, it continued in January 2016 with an increase to $13 an hour. Continue reading…
Metro Jobs Report: Seattle Minimum Wage, Breaking Up Amazon and More
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Lehigh Symposium Unpacks How to Get Rich or Die Trying
Lehigh’s College of Business and Economics recently hosted its third annual symposium dedicated to examining the complex issue of how people get paid, according to a recent article on the business school’s website. Entitled “Getting Paid: Earnings Issues in Today’s Economy,” the event drew together a collection of educators, community leaders and economists to address a number of topics related to how we all make money.
MIT Sloan Surveys Long-Term Implications of Raising the Minimum Wage
MIT Sloan published an article by Kara Baskin on its blog this week that surveyed three prominent Sloan faculty experts on whether the hourly minimum wage should be raised from $7.25 to $15/hour and its long-term implications.
M.I.T. Sloan Is Trying To Slow The Inevitable Robot Takeover
In an era of overwhelming technological acceleration, has the age-old adage that college degrees secure higher-paying jobs become…fictitious? M.I.T. Sloan School of Management recently published a press release on its blog that explores the potential steps that educators and policymakers will have to take in order to keep future professionals from being rendered obsolete in the workplace. Will a degree prevent us from being swapped out for robots 5-10 years from now? Continue reading…
