The impact of minimum wages on labour market transitions

Economic Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 573, 2013, Pages 1203-1235

  Brochu, Pierre ^a   Green, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; MARKET TRANSITION; MINIMUM WAGE;

CANADA;

EID: 84890313714     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12032     Document Type: Article

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