Estimating the impact of the minimum wage using geographical wage variation

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 64, Issue SUPPL., 2002, Pages 583-605

  Stewart, Mark B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0042490605     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0084.64.s.2     Document Type: Review

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