Youth minimum wage reform and the labour market in New Zealand

Labour Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-230

  Hyslop, Dean ^a   Stillman, Steven ^b  

^a New Zealand Treasury   (New Zealand)

^b MOTU ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Difference in differences; Minimum wage; Natural experiment; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847049526     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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