A common but understudied argument is that the reorganization of work has contributed to
the deterioration of labor standards in the US over the past four decades. Yet an analysis of
existing aggregate data does not show a strong, unambiguous increase in key measures of
nonstandard work. This paper therefore identifies data gaps and research questions that
need to be answered, in order to better understand trends in workplace restructuring during
the era of growing wage inequality. Acknowledgments:

As cities and counties across the country increasingly debate whether to establish their own
minimum wage laws, policymakers are understandably asking a host of questions. How are
existing laws designed? What do we know about the impacts of local wage mandates on
workers and their families? What does research tell us about the effect of local wage
mandates on employment, and, in particular, do businesses move outside city or county
borders in response? In this report, we address these and related questions.