Minimum wages and firm proitability

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 129-151

  Draca, Mirko ^a,b   Machin, Stephen ^a,b   Van Reenen, John ^a,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 79957794173     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.3.1.129     Document Type: Article

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