Effects of the minimum wage on employment dynamics

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 500-522

  Meer, Jonathan ^a   West, Jeremy ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN RESOURCE; MINIMUM WAGE;

EID: 84965170117     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: 15488004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.51.2.0414-6298R1     Document Type: Article

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