question archive In a recent speech, the governor of your state announced: "One of the biggest causes of juvenile delinquency in this state is the high rate of unemployment among 16 to 19 year olds
In a recent speech, the governor of your state announced: "One of the biggest causes of juvenile delinquency in this state is the high rate of unemployment among 16 to 19 year olds
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In a recent speech, the governor of your state announced: "One of the biggest causes of juvenile delinquency in this state is the high rate of unemployment among 16 to 19 year olds. The low wages offered by employers in the state have given fewer teenagers the incentive to find summer employment. Instead of working all summer, the way we used to, today's teenagers slack off and cause trouble. To address this problem, I propose to raise the state's minimum wage by $1.50 per hour. This will give teens the proper incentive to go out and find meaningful employment when they are not in school." Evaluate the governor's plan to reduce juvenile delinquency.
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The most common response from business to any discussion of raising the minimum wage is that the higher price of labor will cause less labor to be hired, according to the ordinary laws of supply and demand that affect all goods and services. That means that the governor's plan will only work if there is a labor shortage. If that is the case, the pressure to hire needed workers will drive the wages up anyway.
For this plan to work, there would have to be a way to have it apply only to these summertime workers, and only those summertime workers under the age of 19. There might be issues with age discrimination in reverse that way.
Another possible solution related to the tourist industry might be what happens in my home state of Wisconsin. Workers are hired for the summer season and provided housing as part of their pay. They work long hours and thus don't have much time to get into trouble.
