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Wrong, Wrong, Wrong

Gov. Evers wants to raise the minimum wage, challenge right-to-work laws and reinstate the prevailing wage

CONTACT: Badger Institute Senior Vice President Michael Jahr, 262-442-5208 or [email protected]

In a podcast interview posted Sept. 6, Gov. Tony Evers layed out a few of his goals: raise the state minimum wage, reconsider Wisconsin’s right-to-work law and reinstate the prevailing wage. Badger Institute research makes it clear that pursuing this regressive agenda would hurt workers, increase unemployment, hamstring employers and make the state less competitive.

Minimum Wage: The High Cost of Increasing Minimum Wage in Wisconsin to $15

This policy brief published last April provides an analysis of the high economic cost of raising Wisconsin’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. Roughly 350,000 Wisconsin workers would lose their jobs, nearly one-third of all workers currently earning a wage below the proposed new minimum. The authors break down the potential job losses by industry. Read it here.
By Ike Brannon and Andrew Hanson

Leaving Illinois for Wisconsin

In June, the Badger Institute published an analysis of the accelerating outbound migration across the Illinois border to the Badger State. At the top of the list of attributes that made Wisconsin more attractive to workers and businesses were our right-to-work status and lower minimum wage. Read it here.
By Mark J. Perry

The Economic Impact of a Right-to-Work Law on Wisconsin

Our 2015 report included a regression analysis showing the economic benefits of a right-to-work law, including an increase in Wisconsin’s per capita personal income growth. Read it here.
By Richard Vedder, Joseph Hartge and Christopher Denhart

Real-World Impacts of Prevailing Wage

This 2015 special report features stories from around Wisconsin illustrating the burdens that prevailing wage requirements placed on school districts, municipalities and businesses. Read it here.
Dave Daley, Lori Holly, Greg Pearson, Betsy Thatcher and Jan Uebelherr

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