The minimum wage, restaurant prices, and labor market structure

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 688-720

  Aaronson, Daniel ^a   French, Eric ^a   MacDonald, James ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; INDEX METHOD; LABOR MARKET; MINIMUM WAGE; MODELING; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 49549115936     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.43.3.688     Document Type: Article

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