Do minimum wages raise the NAIRU?

Topics in Macroeconomics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Tulip, Peter ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimum wage; Nairu

Indexed keywords

EID: 15044347815     PISSN: 15345998     EISSN: 15345998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1534-5998.1163     Document Type: Article

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