The Ambiguous Effect of Minimum Wages on Workers and Total Hours
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- Eric Strobl & Frank Walsh, 2007. "The Ambiguous Effect of Minimum Wages on Workers and Total Hours," Working Papers 200714, School of Economics, University College Dublin.
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hours; minimum wages; employment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
- 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-BEC-2008-08-31 (Business Economics)
- NEP-LAB-2008-08-31 (Labour Economics)
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