Democratic Hot Topics: Minimum Wage

From the U.S. House Democratic Leadership official site.
http://www.house.gov/democrats/ht_min_wage.html

Oregon Minimum Wage Increases Boost Welfare-to-Work Efforts - Report -5/29/98

Report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
http://www.cbpp.org/529ormw.htm

Minimum Wage and Unemployment

Chart which explains how the minimum wage theoretically creates an artificial shortage of jobs.
http://members.tripod.com/~GOPcapitalist/supply.html#Minimum

Minimum Wage Escalation

Examines legislation that would automatically escalate the minimum wage based on earnings elsewhere in the economy.
http://www.amatecon.com/etext/mwe/mwe-es.html

The Minimum Wage: Washington's Perennial Myth

Policy analysis from the Cato Institute that takes a critical look at efforts to legislate a higher minimum wage.
http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa106.html

The $hit End of the Stick

Site devoted to issues concerning the working poor.
http://www.fdungan.com/stick.htm

Sense and Nonsense on the Minimum Wage

Article from Regulation magazine that argues against the minimum wage.
http://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/reg18n1c.html

Minimum Wage - It Just Doesn't Add Up

Article on how US minimum wage jobs are not enough to support a family, and keep families in grinding poverty.
http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0829-08.htm

Almanac of Policy Issues: Minimum Wage

News, background information, and links on the U.S. minimum wage.
http://www.policyalmanac.org/economic/minimum_wage.shtml

Does an Increase in the Minimum Wage Result in a Higher Unemployment Rate?

Article discussing the employment effects of the minimum wage.
http://www.swcollege.com/bef/policy_debates/increase_minimum.html

U.S. Department of Labor - Wage and Hour Division

Information from the federal Department of Labor.
http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/flsa/

Minimum Wage and Fairness

Mackinac Center study arguing against the minimum wage, by Michael LaFaive.
http://www.mackinac.org/article.asp?ID=674

Minimum Wage Causes Maximum Pain

Essay concerning the origin of the minimum wage and its negative impact on women, minorities, and unskilled workers.
http://www.mackinac.org/article.asp?ID=356

Minimum/Living Wage

Articles from the Welfare Information Network.
http://www.financeprojectinfo.org/WIN/wages.asp

Justice and Charity in Wages

This article gives a Roman Catholic perspective on the minimum wage debate.
http://www.acton.org/publicat/randl/article.php?id=78

Minimum Wage Issue Guide

Economic Policy Institute guide on the benefits of the minimum wage and effects of an increase, FAQ, and database of related news articles.
http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/issueguides_minwage_minwage

Less than the Minimum - A practical application of conservative economics

Shows how the US minimum wage has in fact gone down in real terms.
http://www.u.arizona.edu/%7Ejcook/minwag.html