An evaluation of the international evidence on the employment effects of minimum wage legislation

Australian Economic Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 208-214

  Seltzer, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPLOYMENT IMPACT; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; LABOUR MARKET; MINIMUM WAGE; SOCIAL POLICY;

CANADA; UK; USA;

EID: 0031469995     PISSN: 00049018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8462.00020     Document Type: Review

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