Minimum wages and skill acquisition: Another look at schooling effects

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-10

  Neumark, David ^a   Wascher, William ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Minimumwages

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; MINIMUM WAGE; SKILLED LABOR; WAGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037293012     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7757(02)00006-7     Document Type: Article

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