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November 15, 2021
Seattle’s Local Minimum Wage and Earnings Inequality
Long, M. (2021). Economic Inquiry.
During the past 6 years, a wave of local minimum wage laws passed in the United States with policymakers and advocates framing the policy as a means of reducing income…
February 28, 2021
What Motivates Local Sustainability Policy Action in China? The Case of Low-Carbon City Pilot Program
Evans Authors: Craig W. Thomas
Liu, Z., Wang, J. & Thomas, C. (2021). Urban Affairs Review.
An increasing volume of literature has sought to identify factors that motivate cities to pursue sustainability and adopt climate policies. However, most empirical studies were done in Western countries, where relatively high local autonomy and low pressure on industrial growth create conditions for spontaneous policy innovations in sustainability. This paper uses China’s Low-Carbon City Pilot Program…
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