Minimum wages and poverty: Will a $9.50 federal minimum wage really help the working poor?

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 592-623

  Sabia, Joseph J ^a   Burkhauser, Richard V ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 76949102112     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4284/sej.2010.76.3.592     Document Type: Article

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