Is the time-series evidence on minimum wage effects contaminated by publication bias?

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 458-470

  Neumark, David ^a,b   Wascher, William ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

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EID: 0032237261     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.1998.tb01728.x     Document Type: Article

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