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Seattle and the (Methodology of the) Economics of Minimum Wage

Jun 26, 2017 Benjamin Sachs

Thanks to the many readers who have responded to my post (just now) on the University of Washington minimum wage study. The original post is now updated to include a link to the EPI paper that responds to the UW study and makes a series of important methodological criticisms of that study. Noam Scheiber also […]

Seattle and the Economics of Minimum Wage

Jun 26, 2017 Benjamin Sachs

As FiveThirtyEight reports today, in a story titled Seattle’s Minimum Wage Hike May Have Gone Too Far, a team of researchers at the University of Washington is out with a new economic analysis of the Seattle Minimum Wage Ordinance. Here’s the abstract, summarizing the main conclusions: This paper evaluates the wage, employment, and hours effects of the […]

Gig News: Court Enjoins Enforcement of Seattle Gig Unionization Ordinance

Apr 4, 2017 Jon Weinberg

Judge Robert S. Lasnik of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington has enjoined enforcement of Seattle’s first-in-the-nation ordinance giving gig economy independent contractors the right to unionize (the “Ordinance”.) Judge Lasnik’s full decision granting the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s motion for preliminary injunctive relief in Chamber of Commerce of the United States […]

Gig News: Seattle Gig Unionization Ordinance On Hold

Apr 3, 2017 Jon Weinberg

Despite surviving multiple court challenges, the revolutionary Seattle municipal ordinance giving gig economy independent contractors the right to unionize appears to be on hold. According to Bloomberg BNA, a Seattle city attorney announced the city will delay enforcement of the law in proceedings before the district court hearing the challenge to the ordinance last week. Uber, […]

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