Are teen unemployment rates influenced by state minimum wage Laws?

Growth and Change

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 359-382

  Partridge, Mark D ^a   Partridge, Jamie S ^b  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; MINIMUM WAGE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0032459904     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.1998.tb00025.x     Document Type: Article

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