Does raising the minimum wage help the poor?

Economic Record

Volumn 83, Issue 263, 2007, Pages 432-445

  Leigh, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR DIVISION; LABOR PARTICIPATION; MINIMUM WAGE;

EID: 37849036819     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: 14754932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2007.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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