The national minimum wage and hours of work: Implications for low paid women

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 64, Issue SUPPL., 2002, Pages 607-631

  Connolly, Sara ^a   Gregory, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0042490600     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0084.64.s.3     Document Type: Review

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