The spending and debt response to minimum wage hikes

American Economic Review

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3111-3139

  Aaronson, Daniel ^a   Agarwal, Sumit ^b   French, Eric ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 84873279881     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.102.7.3111     Document Type: Review

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