The impact of the regulation of low wages on inequality and labour-market adjustment: A comparative analysis

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-69

  Bazen, Stephen ^a  

^a NONE

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; LABOR MARKET; MINIMUM WAGE; REGULATORY APPROACH;

EUROPE;

EID: 0034087039     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/16.1.57     Document Type: Article

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