The impact of minimum wages on youth employment in Portugal

European Economic Review

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 229-244

  Pereira, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Minimum wages; Natural experiment; Youth employment

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PARTICIPATION; MINIMUM WAGE; YOUNG POPULATION;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 0037376320     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(02)00209-X     Document Type: Article

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