Optimal minimum wage policy in competitive labor markets

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 739-749

  Lee, David ^a   Saez, Emmanuel ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimum wage; Optimal taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862583983     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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