Sentences with phrase «held down wages»

The influx of foreign workers also held down wages, the authors concluded, with compensation being 2.6 % to 5.1 % lower than if foreign workers were not allowed.

Lower corporate taxes, as Stantcheva and others have argued, raise managerial incentives to hold down wages on behalf of shareholders.

If earnings on Wall Street are not recycled in the economy at large, then markets are going to shrink, there's not going to be much of a rental income for commercial space, and with shrinking markets you're not going to have companies earning more profit on investment, even if they're holding down wages.

If employers respond to a higher minimum by holding down wages of better paid workers no impact results.

But it may also reduce competition for workers, especially outside big cities, holding down wages.

To be sure, multiple factors have conspired to raise unemployment and hold down wages for unskilled and weakly skilled Americans.

Not exact matches

These technologies and the subsequent innovations they inspired have combined to hold down inflation by putting pressure on wages, increasing productivity, and encouraging competition.

At 1 p.m., Hillary Clinton will hold a public event in Camden County, NJ where she will discuss her plans to raise wages and break down all the barriers that hold Americans back, the Joseph Papiano Gymnasium, Camden County College, 200 College Dr., Blackwood.

The Clinton campaign said she will deliver remarks at the rally «on her commitment to raise wages and break down the barriers that hold too many families back.»

Further Strengthen New York's Efforts to Crack Down on Wage Theft - «[A] mend State law to hold the top 10 members of out - of - state limited liability companies personally financially liable for unsatisfied judgments for unpaid wages.»

«The NSF is in the research business, so by holding Ph.D. wages down, they «get more bang for the buck,»» he tells Science Careers in an e-mail.

Like those in the Denver Museum exhibition, these three artists struggled against derision from their male peers, lack of access to the art institutions, holding down multiple jobs with paltry wages, and the demands of raising a family.

Auto Insurance Costs With average wages down and unemployment high, many Americans are doing the best they can to hold down monthly expenses like their auto insurance costs.