The effectiveness of minimum-wage increases in reducing poverty: Past, present, and future

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 262-281

  Burkhauser, Richard V ^a   Sabia, Joseph J ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 34247892226     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: 14657287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2006.00045.x     Document Type: Article

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