NJ and PA once again: What happened to employment when the PA-NJ minimum wage differential disappeared?

Eastern Economic Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-128

  Hoffman, Saul D ^a   Trace, Diane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 58149457780     PISSN: 00945056     EISSN: 19394632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/eej.2008.1     Document Type: Article

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