Does the minimum wage cause inefficient rationing?

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Luttmer, Erzo F P ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocative efficiency; Job allocation; Minimum wage; Misallocation cost; Rationing

Indexed keywords

EID: 35649003991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.1768     Document Type: Article

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