Open AccessEconomic Vulnerability Among US Female Health Care Workers: Potential Impact of a $15-per-Hour Minimum Wage
Author(s) -
Kathryn E. W. Himmelstein,
Atheendar Venkataramani
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2018.304801
Subject(s) - poverty , health care , environmental health , minimum wage , earnings , ethnic group , public health , population , wage , medicine , vulnerability (computing) , occupational safety and health , demography , socioeconomics , business , demographic economics , economics , economic growth , political science , labour economics , nursing , sociology , accounting , computer security , pathology , computer science , law
To investigate racial/ethnic and gender inequities in the compensation and benefits of US health care workers and assess the potential impact of a $15-per-hour minimum wage on their economic well-being.