Waiting for the minimum: US State wage laws, firm strategy, and Chain-restaurant job quality

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-48

  Haley Lock, Anna ^a   Ewert, Stephanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

employment; human resource management; low wage jobs; public policy; restaurant industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952976827     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: 14729296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022185610390295     Document Type: Article

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