Summary and Conclusions
Summary and Conclusions
This chapter, which summarizes the main conclusions from the research discussed in the preceding chapters, offers some concluding thoughts, and discusses implications for public policy, argues that minimum wages fail to deliver on their goal of improving the lives of low-wage workers, low-skill individuals, and low-income families. A preferred alternative to minimum wages are policies that enable families to become economically self-sufficient—earning their way to an acceptable living standard.
Keywords: minimum wage, public policy, economic self-sufficiency
MIT Press Scholarship Online requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books within the service. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter.
Please, subscribe or login to access full text content.
If you think you should have access to this title, please contact your librarian.
To troubleshoot, please check our FAQs, and if you can't find the answer there, please contact us.
