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100			_aMartin, Isaac
245			_aDawn of the living wage: the diffusion of a redistributive municipal policy
260			_c2001
300			_ap.470-96
362			_aMar
520			_aFrom 1994 to 1999, 22 large American cities passed "living wage" laws that mandate wages above poverty for certain workers in the private sector. The author argues that political conditions, rather than economic conditions such as urban poverty, best explain the emergence and success of the living wage movement. Quantitative and qualitative evidence shows that living wage policies result from the interaction of national progressive networks with local actors and opportunities. He also argues that federalist government enables as well as constrains local progressivism by favoring policy diffusion among cities. - Reproduced
650			_aMinimum wage
773			_aUrban Affairs Review
909			_a48429
999			_c48429 _d48429