Which U.S. cities adopt living wage ordinances? predictors of adoption of a new labor tactic, 1994-2006

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 743-774

  Swarts, Heidi ^a   Vasi, Ion Bogdan ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coalitions; labor; living wage; policy diffusion; progressive SMOs

Indexed keywords

LABOR POLICY; LEGAL SYSTEM; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WAGE DETERMINATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053643177     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087411412733     Document Type: Article

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