Wrong side of the track? The impact of the minimum wage on gender pay gaps in Britain

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 417-448

  Robinson, Helen ^a  

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EID: 0036946492     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0084.00271     Document Type: Article

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