Minimum wages and youth employment: Evidence from the finnish retail trade sector

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 388-405

  Böckerman, Petri ^a   Uusitalo, Roope ^b  

^a Labour Institute for Economic Research   (Finland)

^b Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)   (Sweden)

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EID: 65649152369     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: 14678543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2009.00720.x     Document Type: Article

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