The Effects of Minimum Wages on Food Stamp Enrollment and Expenditures

Industrial Relations

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 668-694

  Reich, Michael ^a   West, Rachel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPENDITURE; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; MINIMUM WAGE; NUTRITION;

EID: 84941212108     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irel.12110     Document Type: Article

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