Promoting labour market efficiency and fairness through a legal minimum wage: The webbs and the social cost of labour

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 306-326

  Kaufman, Bruce E ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 65649151395     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: 14678543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2009.00725.x     Document Type: Article

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