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An Economic Analysis of Overtime Pay Regulations

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  • Boudreaux, Don
  • Palagashvili, Liya

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This paper examines the US Department of Labor’s proposed regulation to extend overtime pay to employees with base salaries of $23,660 to $50,440. We find that the department provides no evidence that an “underpayment†or “overwork†problem exists in the

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  • Boudreaux, Don & Palagashvili, Liya, 2016. "An Economic Analysis of Overtime Pay Regulations," Working Papers 06869, George Mason University, Mercatus Center.
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