Revisiting the Minimum Wage-Employment Debate: Throwing Out the Baby with the Bathwater?
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- Neumark, David & Salas, J.M. Ian & Wascher, William, 2013. "Revisiting the Minimum Wage-Employment Debate: Throwing Out the Baby with the Bathwater?," IZA Discussion Papers 7166, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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- J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
- J38 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Public Policy
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- NEP-LMA-2013-01-19 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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