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Minimum Wages for Women

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The question to be considered in the light of economic theory, 411. — The broad facts, 413. — Is women's labor parasitic ? 414. — Questionable figures, 416. — Dominant position of the home-dwellers, 418. — Numbers offering to work the important factor, 419. — Influence of conjunction with other labor, 422. — Will management become more efficient? 424. — Will the women become more efficient? 426. — How far lack of bargaining power explains the low wages, 428. — The fundamental cause is large numbers; connection with immigration, 432. — Results to be expected if a high minimum were prescribed for all, 433. — The drifting class, and prolongation of education, 435. — The self-dependent minority, 438. — Conclusion: an opportunist policy, 440.

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  • F. W. Taussig, 1916. "Minimum Wages for Women," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 30(3), pages 411-442.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:qjecon:v:30:y:1916:i:3:p:411-442.
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    1. Marchingiglio, Riccardo & Poyker, Michael, 2019. "The Employment Effects of Gender-Specific Minimum Wage," Working Papers 290, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State.
    2. Price V. Fishback & Andrew J. Seltzer, 2021. "The Rise of American Minimum Wages, 1912–1968," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 35(1), pages 73-96, Winter.
    3. Gautié, Jérôme, 2015. "D'un siècle à l'autre, salaire minimum, science économique et débat public aux États-Unis, en France et au Royaume-Uni (1890-2015)," CEPREMAP Working Papers (Docweb) 1518, CEPREMAP.
    4. Oren M. Levin-Waldman, 1998. "The Minimum Wage in Historical Perspective: Progressive Reformers and the Constitutional Jurisprudence of "Liberty of Contract"," Macroeconomics 9812005, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Marilyn Power, 1999. "Parasitic-Industries Analysis and Arguments for a Living Wage for Women in the Early Twentieth-Century United States," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 5(1), pages 61-78.

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