Do state minimum wage laws reduce employment? Mixed messages from fast food outlets in Illinois and Indiana

Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 132-142

  Persky, Joseph ^a   Baiman, Ron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Center for Tax and Budget Accountability   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; MINIMUM WAGE; WAGE DETERMINATION; WELFARE IMPACT;

ILLINOIS; INDIANA; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79251639716     PISSN: 10904999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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