Minimum wage legislation, investment and human capital

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-157

  Cubitt, Robin P ^a   Hargreaves Heap, Shaun P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; INVESTMENT; LEGISLATION; MINIMUM WAGE;

EID: 0032813090     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9485.00125     Document Type: Article

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