The effect of minimum wages on immigrant's employment and earnings

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 544-563

  Orrenius, Pia M ^a,b   Zavodny, Madeline ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS   (United States)

^b IZA ^*

^c AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 48749101344     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390806100406     Document Type: Article

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