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Volume 15, Issue 2-3
1 February 1994
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Adrian Ziderman
Adrian Ziderman
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Literature Review| February 01 1994

Minimum Wages – Again! Available to Purchase

Richard B. Freeman
Richard B. Freeman
Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA/London School of Economics, UK
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6577
Print ISSN: 0143-7720
© MCB UP Limited
1994
International Journal of Manpower (1994) 15 (2-3): 8–25.
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437729410059305

Looks at the role of the minimum in wage setting and how it differs among countries and over time. Discusses the differing attributes of minimum wages and their pluses and minuses.

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Economics, Employment, Income, Low pay, Minimum wage, Standard of living, Tax, Unemployment, Welfare
© MCB UP Limited
1994
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