Where the minimum wage bites hard: Introduction of minimum wages to a low wage sector

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 154-180

  Machin, Stephen ^a   Manning, Alan ^b   Rahman, Lupin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1842739822     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/154247603322256792     Document Type: Article

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