Living wages: Protection for or protection from low-wage workers?

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-51

  Neumark, David ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 9744271758     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390405800102     Document Type: Article

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