The productivity-enhancing impacts of the minimum wage: Lessons from Denmark and New Zealand

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 327-348

  McLaughlin, Colm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 65649125998     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: 14678543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2009.00726.x     Document Type: Article

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