Minimum wage effects across state borders: Estimates using contiguous counties

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 945-964

  Dube, Arindrajit ^a   Lester, T William ^b   Reich, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 78650363315     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00039     Document Type: Article

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