The economic effects of living wage laws: A provisional review

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 210-245

  Adams, Scott ^a   Neumark, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Living wages; Poverty; Wages

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; MINIMUM WAGE; WAGE DETERMINATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7044226392     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087404269540     Document Type: Article

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