The effect of the minimum wage on employment and hours

Labour Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 729-750

  Zavodny, Madeline ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hours; J38; Minimum wage; Teens

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042971622     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(00)00021-X     Document Type: Article

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