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Myth and Measurement

The New Economics of the Minimum Wage

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ID9705040
AuthorsStephen Bazen (Université de Bordeaux, corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume106
Issue434
Pages228
Publication date1996-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeREVIEW
Review ofMyth and Measurement: The New Economics of the Minimum Wage - Twentieth-Anniversary Edition, David Card, 2015
VenueThe Economic Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2234949
OpenAlexW4247797285
LanguageEN

Myth and Measurement: The New Economics of the Minimum Wage Myth and Measurement: The New Economics of the Minimum Wage. By (David) Card and (Alan B.). Krueger (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1995. Pp. x+422. £25.00. US S29.95 hardback. ISBN 0 691 04390 6.) Stephen Bazen Stephen Bazen Universite de Bordeaux IV Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 106, Issue 434, 1 January 1996, Pages 228–230, https://doi.org/10.2307/2234949 Published: 01 January 1996

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