Revising the labor supply curve: Implications for work time and minimum wage legislation

Working Time: International Trends, Theory and Policy Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 159-173

  Prasch, Robert E ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203183441-10     Document Type: Chapter

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