The minimum wage as a redistributive tool

Economic Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 436, 1996, Pages 639-649

  Freeman, Richard B ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Centre for Economic Performance

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000374355     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2235571     Document Type: Article

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