Minimum Wages and Income Inequality in the American States, 1960-2000

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 23, Issue , 2005, Pages 343-368

  Volscho Jr , Thomas W ^a  

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EID: 33645897669     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0276-5624(05)23011-1     Document Type: Review

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