Assessing the Possible Antipoverty Effects of Recent Rises in Age-Specific Minimum Wages in New Zealand

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 648-674

  Maloney, Tim ^a   Pacheco, Gail ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Minimum wage; New Zealand; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868456605     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2012.00513.x     Document Type: Article

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