Minimum wages
By: David Neumark and William L. Wascher.
Contributors: Wascher, William L.
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9780262141024
Subjects: Minimum wage -- United States; Income distribution -- United States; Labor supply -- United States; Minimum wage
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The history of the minimum wage in the United States; title: The effects of minimum wages on employment; title: Minimum wage effects on the distribution of  wages and earnings; title: The effects of minimum wages on the distribution of incomes; title: The effects of minimum wages on skills; title: The effects of minimum wages on prices and profits; title: The political economy of minimum wages; title: Summary and conclusions.