Do living wage ordinances reduce urban poverty?

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 490-521

  Neumark, David ^a   Adams, Scott ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; POVERTY; URBAN ECONOMY; WAGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141596309     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1558766     Document Type: Article

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