Are the effects of minimum wage increases always small? New evidence from a case study of New York State

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 350-376

  Sabia, Joseph J ^a   Burkhauser, Richard V ^b   Hansen, Benjamin ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Difference in difference; Employment; Minimum wage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862863850     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979391206500207     Document Type: Review

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