Less Myth, More Measurement: Decomposing Excess Returns from the 1989 Minimum Wage Hike
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Keywords
minimum wage; excess returns; decomposition;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- 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-LAB-2012-01-25 (Labour Economics)
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