Minimum wage increases in a recessionary environment

Labour Economics

Volumn 23, Issue , 2013, Pages 30-39

  Addison, John T ^a   Blackburn, McKinley L ^a   Cotti, Chad D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Disemployment; Earnings; Geographically disparate employment trends; Low wage sectors; Minimum wages; Recession

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876317246     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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