The Role of Labor Market Regulation in Rebuilding Economic Opportunity in the United States

Work and Occupations

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 354-375

  Bernhardt, Annette ^a  

^a National Employment Law Project   (United States)

Author keywords

employment and labor laws; federalism; FLSA; immigrant workers; labor market regulation; minimum wage; NLRA; OSHA; overtime; precarious work; public policy; wage inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868035366     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888412445644     Document Type: Article

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