The effects of minimum wages on the distribution of family incomes: A nonparametric analysis

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 867-894

  Neumark, David ^a,b,c   Schweitzer, Mark ^d   Wascher, William ^e  

^a PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^e FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MINIMUM WAGE;

EID: 30944450581     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.xl.4.867     Document Type: Article

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