Teen employment, poverty, and the minimum wage: Evidence from Canada

Labour Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-47

  Sen, Anindya ^a   Rybczynski, Kathleen ^a   Van De Waal, Corey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Minimum wage; Poverty; Teen employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650593047     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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