Ali dvig minimalne plače koristi “revnim revežem”?

Glede na neposrečeno in neprimerno izjavo generalne direktorice GZS Sonje Šmuc, da bo napovedan dvig minimalne plače za 5.2% iz nas naredil družbo “bogatih revežev“, poglejmo, ali dvig minimalne plače koristi “revnim revežem“.

Torej tistim, ki nimajo te sreče, da bi bili bogati ali direktorji (vnaprej se opravičujem za ta izraz – ni mišljen slabšalno, pač pa je zgolj aluzija na neposrečen in neprimeren termin Sonje Šmuc). Poglejmo si učinke dviga minimalne plače na 15 dolarjev (na uro) v Seattlu. Na koncu boste videli, kako dva ideološko povsem različna nazora lahko prideta do podobnih ugotovitev … več (piše: Jože P. Damijan). 

In addition, there’s a strong possibility that a higher minimum wage will raise incomes for many of the people who need it most. The latest research is encouraging.

First, there’s the latest update to the study of Seattle’s 2016 decision to raise its wage floor to $15, which gave economists a unique opportunity to study the impact of a large minimum wage hike in real time. A team of economists has been taking advantage of detailed data provided by the state to track the fates of individual workers affected by the policy.