Effects of minimum wages on the gender pay gap

National Institute Economic Review

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 80-88

  Dex, Shirley ^a   Sutherland, Holly ^b   Joshi, Heather ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0012604466     PISSN: 00279501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002795010017300109     Document Type: Article

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