When Mandates Work: Raising Labor Standards at the Local Level

Starting in the 1990s, San Francisco launched a series of bold but relatively unknown public policy experiments to improve wages and benefits for thousands of local workers. Since then, scholars have documented the effects of those policies on compensation, productivity, job creation, and health coverage. Opponents predicted a range of negative impacts, but the evidence tells a decidedly different tale. This book brings together that evidence for the first time, reviews it as a whole, and considers its lessons for local, state, and federal policymakers. Additional ISBNs0520278143, 0520278135, 9780520278141, 9780520278134When Mandates Work: Raising Labor Standards at the Local Level 1st Edition and published by University of California Press. ISBNs for When Mandates Work are 9780520957466, 0520957466 and the print ISBNs are 9780520278134, 0520278135. Additional ISBNs include 0520278143, 0520278135, 9780520278141, 9780520278134.