The other margin: Do minimum wages cause working hours adjustments for low-wage workers?

Economica

Volumn 75, Issue 297, 2008, Pages 148-167

  Stewart, Mark B ^a   Swaffield, Joanna K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; MINIMUM WAGE; WAGE DETERMINATION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37749017690     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2007.00593.x     Document Type: Article

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