Santa Monica Living Wage Study: Response To Peer Reviews and Business Critics

This memorandum begins by responding to the peer reviews by Professors Richard Freeman of the Department of Economics, Harvard University and David Neumark, Department of Economics, Michigan State University. It then considers the business-financed critiques offered by Professor Richard Sander of the UCLA Law School and his colleagues, and Mr. Tom Larmore of the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce/JOBS. The memorandum then closes with brief summary comments on what the author regards as the important issues that have emerged through this process of review and response.