Berkeley minimum wage increases to $15
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In addition to the rise, employees of most businesses will now also receive more paid sick leave, according to a city of Berkeley press release.
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Study finds increasing minimum wage does not cause loss of jobs
The study was conducted by economists Sylvia Allegretto, Anna Godoey, Michael Reich and Carl Nadler through the campus’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment. It is one of the first studies to look at employment effects of minimum wages above $10, according to Nadler.
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Research in the Trump era: How presidential budget could affect university funding
Many campus professors fear that potential cuts could harm present and future research or mean fewer available research positions for graduate students.
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UC Berkeley study suggests positive effects of increased minimum wage
A report conducted at UC Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment found that the benefits of raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour will outweigh the costs, even within less affluent areas.
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Early education program Head Start benefits young students, campus researchers find
A policy brief recently published by the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment found children enrolled in Head Start benefit academically both in the short term and, to a lesser extent, the long term, refuting earlier research to the contrary.
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Campus researchers publish study examining proposed New York state minimum wage increase
Earlier this month, campus researchers published a study examining the possible effects of increasing the minimum wage in New York to $15 over the next five years.
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UC Berkeley Labor Center to host teach-in
The UC Berkeley Labor Center will host a teach-in April 4 featuring a number of the campus’s preeminent economic and political science thinkers, as well as outside speakers and activists. The event, “Economic Inequality Teach In: Causes, Consequences and Solutions,” will analyze the issues surrounding the current economic climate and
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Income inequality slide show projected onto Anna Head complex
For the past couple weeks, a slide show projection on the Anna Head West student housing project currently under construction has drawn attention with its “Occupy the Wall (across the) Street” message. UC Berkeley Labor Center staff members first projected a slide show containing charts, data, quotes and more information
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