A minimum wage can be welfare-improving and employment-enchancing

European Economic Review

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 553-576

  Boadway, Robin ^a   Cuff, Katherine ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Minimum wage; Optimal income tax; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; MINIMUM WAGE; TAX SYSTEM; UNEMPLOYMENT; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 0035048884     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(00)00066-0     Document Type: Article

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