dc.contributor.author | Behr, Tracie | |
dc.contributor.author | Driscoll, Molly | |
dc.contributor.author | Erickson, Hans | |
dc.contributor.author | Kaenkumchorn, Tanya | |
dc.contributor.author | Pilz, Jeff | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-13T17:23:40Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-10-13T17:23:40Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2092/2076 | |
dc.description | 37 pages | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This paper explores the cost of living in Iowa. The paper looks at nine communities throughout
Iowa, both urban and rural, in calculating the cost of living in Iowa. This calculation is then used
to determine what an average Iowan would need to be paid per hour to make a “living wage.”
The paper then explores the effect of raising wages on businesses through looking at companies
that currently pay minimum wage, companies that pay more than minimum wage but instead pay
a “living wage”, and through a survey of the attitudes of small businesses in the nine Iowa
communities. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Allen Zagoren, Associate Professor of Practice, Public Administration | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Drake University | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Drake University, College of Business and Public Administration;2013 | |
dc.subject | Wages--Iowa--Social aspects | en_US |
dc.subject | Cost and standard of living--Iowa | en_US |
dc.subject | Minimum wage--Iowa | en_US |
dc.title | The Living Wage in Iowa: the Effects on Families and Businesses | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |