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Por qué los Estados Unidos necesitan un salario mínimo de 15 dólares. La Ley para Aumentar el Salario beneficiaría a los trabajadores estadunidenses y a sus familias

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  • National Employment Law Project

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This document addresses the proposed law in the United States to increase the minimum wage in that country to 15 dollars per hour in 2025. It analyzes the implications of passing this law and provides several well-founded arguments in its favor. Likewise, it refutes those assertions that have been made by various instances against an increase in the minimum wage. It concludes that passing this law not only brings great benefits to the country’s economy, but is also really necessary to combat income inequality.

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  • Economic Policy Institute & National Employment Law Project, 2021. "Por qué los Estados Unidos necesitan un salario mínimo de 15 dólares. La Ley para Aumentar el Salario beneficiaría a los trabajadores estadunidenses y a sus familias," El Trimestre Económico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, vol. 88(350), pages 697-712, abril-jun.
    • Handle: RePEc:elt:journl:v:88:y:2021:i:350:p:697-712
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.20430/ete.v88i350.1261
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    Keywords

    United States; minimum wage; labor policies; income inequalities.;
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    JEL classification:

    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • J08 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics Policies
    • O51 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - U.S.; Canada

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