Minimum wages: Possible effects on the distribution of income

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 31-48

  Gosling, Amanda ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0007676105     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.1996.tb00247.x     Document Type: Article

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