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dc.contributor.authorBehr, Tracie
dc.contributor.authorDriscoll, Molly
dc.contributor.authorErickson, Hans
dc.contributor.authorKaenkumchorn, Tanya
dc.contributor.authorPilz, Jeff
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-13T17:23:40Z
dc.date.available2014-10-13T17:23:40Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2092/2076
dc.description37 pagesen_US
dc.description.abstractThis 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.sponsorshipAllen Zagoren, Associate Professor of Practice, Public Administrationen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherDrake Universityen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDrake University, College of Business and Public Administration;2013
dc.subjectWages--Iowa--Social aspectsen_US
dc.subjectCost and standard of living--Iowaen_US
dc.subjectMinimum wage--Iowaen_US
dc.titleThe Living Wage in Iowa: the Effects on Families and Businessesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US


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