Minimum Wages and Employment: Reconsidering the Use of a Time-Series Approach as an Evaluation Tool
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- Wang‐Sheng Lee & Sandy Suardi, 2011. "Minimum Wages and Employment: Reconsidering the Use of a Time Series Approach as an Evaluation Tool," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 49(Supplemen), pages 376-401, July.
- Wang-Sheng Lee & Sandy Suardi, 2008. "Minimum Wages and Employment: Reconsidering the Use of a Time-Series Approach as an Evaluation Tool," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series wp2008n20, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.
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Keywords
teenage employment; structural break; minimum wage;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
- J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ECM-2010-02-27 (Econometrics)
- NEP-LAB-2010-02-27 (Labour Economics)
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