The geographies of a national minimum wage: The case of the UK

Geographies of Labour Market Inequality

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 208-238

  Sunley, Peter ^a   Martin, Ron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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