Unions, the Minimum Wage, and Economic Inequality in the 21st Century

• In Event: Redistributive Policy

Brief Overview

This paper examines the relative effects of minimum wage rates and the proportion of the labor force represented by a union on economic inequality and the size of the middle class in the United States.

Authors

• Jacob Forrest Harrison Smith, Duke University

• Jonathan Joseph Spiegler, Michigan State University

• Aidan Floyd, Duke University