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Background
of This Study
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Background
of the Living Wage
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The
Living Wage Debate in the Media
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THIS
STUDY OF THE LOS ANGELES LIVING WAGE ORDINANCE REPRESENTS
THE MOST DEFINITIVE ANALYSIS TO DATE
of a living wage law's impact on workers and employers.
It provides important new insights on the effects of
living wage policies, which have been adopted by more
than 120 local governments around the country. The
study's findings are based on three original random-sample
surveys of workers and firms. More
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Articles
About the Los Angeles Living Wage Study
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Living
Wage Study Exposes Empty Threats by Business
Ventura County Star - June 16, 2005
Living
Wage Data Needed
Albuquerque Journal (New Mexico) - June 12, 2005
Keep
Living Wage Alive
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - June 9, 2005
Discussion
About Los Angeles Living Wage Study
Life & Times (KCET Television) - June 9, 2005
Decent
Jobs Can Co-Exist With Healthy Economy
Los Angeles Daily News - June 07, 2005
Living
Proof?
Albuquerque Journal (New Mexico) - June 7, 2005
‘Inclusionary
Zoning’ Backers Say Living-Wage Data
Makes the Case
Los Angeles Garment & Citizen - June 6, 2005
Living
Wage Costs Few Jobs at LAX
Daily Breeze - June 3, 2005
Presentan
Ventajas del 'Salario Digno'
Hoy - June 3, 2005
City
Officials Outline Benefits of 'Living Wage' Law
City News Service - June 3, 2005
LA
'Living Wage' Law Raised Pay for 10,000 Workers
Associated Press - June 2, 2005
Study
Says Living Wage Law Didn't Cause Heavy Job Losses
as Some Had Feared
Los Angeles Times - June 2, 2005
Destacan
los Efectos del Salario Digno
La Opinión - June 2, 2005
Study
Shows L.A. Wage Law Benefited Workers, Employers
San Diego Union-Tribune - June 2, 2005
L.A.’s
Living Wage
Air Talk (KPCC Radio) - June 2, 2005
[Requires Real
Player]
Apocalypse
NOT
The Huffington Post - June 2, 2005
Living
Wage Causes Few Layoffs but Little Gains in
Health Coverage
Los Angeles Business Journal - June 2, 2005
Living
Wage OK in Los Angeles
Voice of San Diego - June 2, 2005
Few
Jobs Lost to Living Wage, But Also Few New Health
Plans
BNA - June 2, 2005
Ana
en Tiempos de Vacas Flacas
La Opinión - June 2, 2005
Study
May Offer Insights to Living Wage
Bloomington Pantagraph - June 2, 2005
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Key
Findings of Living Wage Study
Examining the Evidence: The Impact of the Los Angeles Living Wage Ordinance on Workers and Businesses
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The
Los Angeles living wage has increased pay
for an estimated 10,000 jobs, with minimal
job reductions. The number of jobs where
pay was increased is among the largest in
the nation, after New York and San Francisco. |
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Most
workers affected by the living wage are from
poor or low-income families. Seventy-one
percent of affected workers have a high school
education or less, and only four percent are
teenagers. |
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The
living wage has not prompted firms to set
up health benefits plans. However, some
firms have improved their existing plans or
extended them to more workers, affecting 2,200
jobs. |
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Employment
reductions were minimal, amounting to one
percent of all jobs affected by the living
wage.
Eighty-one percent of affected firms did not
eliminate jobs due to the living wage. |
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Employers
have recovered some of the increased costs
of the living wage through reductions in employee
turnover and absenteeism.
On average, firms recovered 16 percent of
the increased cost of the mandatory wage increase
through turnover reductions. |
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Employers
have adapted to the remaining costs of the
living wage in a variety of ways. Responses
include reducing fringe benefits and overtime,
hiring more highly trained workers, cutting
profits and passing on the costs to the city
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Workers
and their families experienced measurable
gains from the living wage. However,
31 percent of affected workers still lack
health benefits, and 44 percent rely on either
government assistance programs or the Earned
Income Tax Credit. |
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