Minimum wages and economic outcomes in Europe

European Economic Review

Volumn 41, Issue 3-5, 1997, Pages 733-742

  Machin, Stephen ^a,b   Manning, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment; Income distribution; Minimum wages

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT IMPACT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MINIMUM WAGE;

EUROPE;

EID: 0031449945     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(97)00032-9     Document Type: Article

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