The UK National Minimum Wage in Retrospect

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 509-534

  Dolton, Peter ^a   Bondibene, Chiara Rosazza ^a   Wadsworth, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E24; Employment; Hours of work; J31; J42; Minimum wage; R12; Unemployment; Wage inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650365866     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: 14755890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2010.00123.x     Document Type: Article

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