Living Wage Policies and Wal-Mart: How a Higher Wage Standard Would Impact Wal-Mart Workers and Shoppers
Press Coverage
- What Obama’s minimum wage plan means for Wal-Mart
February 12, 2014 - Yahoo! Finance
- Walmart Living Wage Dispute In D.C. Undermines Company’s Murky Pay Claims
July 10, 2013 - Huffington Post
This study analyzes what the impact on Wal-Mart workers and shoppers would be if the retailer increased its minimum wage to $10 per hour. It finds that a $10 per hour minimum wage would provide significant, concentrated benefits to Wal-Mart workers, the majority in low-income families, while the costs would be dispersed in small amounts among many consumers across the income spectrum.