Do minimum wages raise employment? Evidence from the U.S. retail-trade sector

Labour Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 397-408

  Addison, John T ^a,b   Blackburn, McKinley L ^b   Cotti, Chad D ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Border county analysis; County level data; Minimum wages; Right to work states; Spatial trends; Unions; Wages and employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349171470     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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