Policy Orthodoxies, the Minimum Wage, and the Challenge of Social Science

Journal of Economic Issues

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 139-154

  Levin Waldman, Oren M ^a  

^a Metropolitan College of New York   (United States)

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EID: 1642356593     PISSN: 00213624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2004.11506668     Document Type: Review

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