Minimum wages and school enrollment of teenagers: A look at the 1990's

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-21

  Chaplin, Duncan ^a   Turner, Mark ^b   Pape, Andreas ^c  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

121; 128; Educational Economics; Human capital; J124

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; MINIMUM WAGE; YOUNG POPULATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037294885     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7757(02)00027-4     Document Type: Article

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