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dc.contributor.authorSchemmel, Christian
dc.contributor.authorPicot, Georg Johannes
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-11T14:12:17Z
dc.date.available2024-12-11T14:12:17Z
dc.date.created2024-10-31T19:27:33Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.identifier.issn0003-0554
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/3169322
dc.description.abstractStatutory minimum wages have become an important tool for regulating labor markets. One major reason is the decline in collective wage bargaining. But how can minimum wages be justified? We show that their best justification does not lie in their economic effects but in the respect for social contributors that they express. The article takes an innovative interdisciplinary approach, bridging political philosophy and comparative political economy. We first discuss existing justifications in political practice and theory. We then show how a distinctive and robust justification should regard minimum wages as paying necessary respect to those who fulfill their obligation to contribute to social cooperation. Our justification thus suggests a new concept of economic citizenship and advances recognition theory applied to work. We outline further implications of the argument, such as the desirability of setting minimum wages through collective bargaining, and a tentative case for a maximum income.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleWhy We Need Minimum Wages: Pay, Recognition, and Economic Citizenshipen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2024 the authorsen_US
cristin.ispublishedtrue
cristin.fulltextoriginal
cristin.qualitycode2
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0003055424001096
dc.identifier.cristin2316592
dc.source.journalAmerican Political Science Reviewen_US
dc.identifier.citationAmerican Political Science Review. 2024.en_US


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