| Description |
xxviii, 422 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| ISBN |
9780691169125 paperback |
| Contents |
Introduction and overview -- Employer responses to the minimum wage: evidence fom the fast-food industry -- Statewide evidence on the effect of the 1988 California minimum wage -- The effect of the federal minimum wage on low-wage workers: evidence from cross-state comparisons -- Additional employment outcomes -- Evaluation of time-series evidence -- Evaluation of cross-section and panel-data evidence -- International evidence -- How the minimum wage affects the distribution of wages, the ditribution of family earnings, and poverty -- How much do employers and shareholders lose? -- Is there a explanation? Alternative models of the labor market and the minimum wage -- Conclusions and implications. |
| Library Class |
Economics J117
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| Subject |
Minimum wage.
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Employment (Economic theory)
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Minimum wage -- United States.
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Labor market -- United States.
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| Other Author |
Krueger, Alan B., author.
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