Living wage effects: New and improved evidence

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 80-102

  Adams, Scott ^a   Neumark, David ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Living wages; Poverty; Wages

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LOW INCOME POPULATION; POVERTY DETERMINANT; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 13844276552     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242404268639     Document Type: Article

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