On the optimality of a minimum wage: New insights from optimal tax theory

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 93, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 464-481

  Hungerbühler, Mathias ^a   Lehmann, Etienne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b CREST   (France)

Author keywords

Bunching; Minimum wage; Optimal taxation; Search matching unemployment; Wage bargaining

Indexed keywords

EID: 61549090584     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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