Minimum Wages and Wage Inequality: Some Theory and an Application to the UK
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- Tim Butcher & Richard Dickens & Alan Manning, 2012. "Minimum Wages and Wage Inequality: Some Theory and an Application to the UK," CEP Discussion Papers dp1177, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
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Minimum Wage; Wage Inequality;JEL classification:
- J38 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Public Policy
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EUR-2012-12-10 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-LAB-2012-12-10 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2012-12-10 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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