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Ripple Effect /'ri-pul · i-'fekt/
An economic result of a wage mandate increase whereby all wages in a workplace increase (not simply the wages for workers below the mandated level) in order to retain the relative differences between workers of different skill levels. Failing to consider the ripple effect is a primary way that wage mandate supporters underestimate the potential cost of an increase.

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Press Releases / Op-Eds

9/28/07 Maryland's New Living Wage Will Result in Job Loss
MD's new living wage will likely result in job loss for those it purports to help.
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5/29/07 The Deathly Living Wage
The living wage recently re-emerged on the national stage when Maryland became the first state in the nation to pass wage-level requirements on all state contractors. And before you could say "slippery slope," living-wage advocates nationwide were calling on their local lawmakers to act likewise.
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Studies

7/06, Rotten ACORN: America's Bad Seed
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9/05, Santa Fe’s Living Wage and the Labor Market
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9/05, The Real ACORN: Anti-Employee, Anti-Union, Big-Business
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