https://padlet.com/cecooper19/lykmvny2p069 en-us 2017-04-10 13:14:54 UTC 2017-04-13 03:12:44 UTC hello@padlet.com cecooper19 https://padlet.com/cecooper19/lykmvny2p069/wish/165661000 "The wage gap between the most and least educated workers has grown enormously since the 1980's, and better-educated workers also have much lower unemployment rates and higher rates of workforce participation."]]> 2017-04-10 13:15:49 UTC https://padlet.com/cecooper19/lykmvny2p069/wish/165661000 cecooper19 https://padlet.com/cecooper19/lykmvny2p069/wish/165662424 "Over 25 percent of workers now require a license to do their jobs, a five-fold increase since the 1950s. While some licenses are important for safety or other reasons, research has shown that excessive licensing requirements reduce employment and mobility. Requirements vary widely across states: Michigan requires three years of education and training to become a security guard, while most other states require 11 days or less."]]> 2017-04-10 13:21:01 UTC https://padlet.com/cecooper19/lykmvny2p069/wish/165662424 cecooper19 https://padlet.com/cecooper19/lykmvny2p069/wish/165662872 "In areas with higher living costs, a higher minimum wage can make sense—and some states are already planning to phase in $15 per hour over several years.]]> 2017-04-10 13:22:27 UTC https://padlet.com/cecooper19/lykmvny2p069/wish/165662872 cecooper19 https://padlet.com/cecooper19/lykmvny2p069/wish/165663311 "$15 is a reasonable target for the future, but we should raise it in steps at the federal level. An immediate jump to $15 would be too abrupt a change. It could have significant negative employment consequences. If we increased it step-by-step with a goal toward $15 over a period of years, it wouldn’t have significant employment effects. We could start at $10, then go up to $15 over four years." ]]> 2017-04-10 13:24:04 UTC https://padlet.com/cecooper19/lykmvny2p069/wish/165663311 cecooper19 https://padlet.com/cecooper19/lykmvny2p069/wish/165664061 "Suppose that someone is earning $12 per hour, and we’d like to them to earn $15. With an EITC, they’d get an additional $3 per hour worked from the government. The money to pay for this would come from general tax revenue including income taxes, or ideally increased taxes on carbon dioxide"]]> 2017-04-10 13:26:46 UTC https://padlet.com/cecooper19/lykmvny2p069/wish/165664061 cecooper19 https://padlet.com/cecooper19/lykmvny2p069/wish/166192249 http://mitsloan.mit.edu/newsroom/articles/should-the-federal-government-raise-the-minimum-wage-to-15-dollars/]]> 2017-04-13 03:07:14 UTC https://padlet.com/cecooper19/lykmvny2p069/wish/166192249