The effect of Detroit's living wage law on nonprofit organizations

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-61

  Reynolds, David ^a   Vortkamp, Jean ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Living wage; Nonprofit organizations; Public policy; Wage policy

Indexed keywords

LABOR POLICY; NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION; WAGE DETERMINATION;

DETROIT; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13844294418     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242404268634     Document Type: Article

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