Minimum wage effects on educational enrollments in New Zealand

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 574-587

  Pacheco, Gail A ^a   Cruickshank, Amy A ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Educational economics; Minimum wages

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MINIMUM WAGE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 34548066911     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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