The economic impact of living wage ordinances

Living Wage Movements: Global Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 188-209

  Brenner, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203629451     Document Type: Chapter

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