The economic impact of the boston living wage ordinance

Industrial Relations

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-83

  Brenner, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; LABOR POLICY; LEGISLATION; WAGE DETERMINATION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13944276399     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0019-8676.2004.00373.x     Document Type: Article

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