The "Poverty trap" and living wage laws

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 62-79

  Toikka, Richard S ^a,b   Yelowitz, Aaron ^c,d,e   Neveu, Andre ^f,g  

^a Metropolitan Legal Services   (United States)

^b LEWIN GROUP   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UK Center for Poverty Research   (United States)

^f Employment Policies Institute   (United States)

^g CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Living wage; Low income; Marginal taxt rate; Poverty; Transfer programs; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LOW INCOME POPULATION; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 13844265710     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242404268707     Document Type: Article

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