Minimum Wages for Women

F. W. Taussig

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1916, vol. 30, issue 3, 411-442

Abstract: The question to be considered in the light of economic theory, 411. — The broad facts, 413. — Is women's labor parasitic ? 414. — Questionable figures, 416. — Dominant position of the home-dwellers, 418. — Numbers offering to work the important factor, 419. — Influence of conjunction with other labor, 422. — Will management become more efficient? 424. — Will the women become more efficient? 426. — How far lack of bargaining power explains the low wages, 428. — The fundamental cause is large numbers; connection with immigration, 432. — Results to be expected if a high minimum were prescribed for all, 433. — The drifting class, and prolongation of education, 435. — The self-dependent minority, 438. — Conclusion: an opportunist policy, 440.

Date: 1916
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