Do minimum wages affect non-wage job attributes? Evidence on fringe benefits

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 52-70

  Simon, Kosali Ilayperuma ^a,b   Kaestner, Robert ^b,c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 9744235157     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390405800103     Document Type: Article

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