Minimum wage effects throughout the wage distribution

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 425-450

  Neumark, David ^a   Schweitzer, Mark ^b   Wascher, William ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; MINIMUM WAGE; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 0141787824     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3559021     Document Type: Article

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