Description |
x, 422 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Ch. 1. Introduction and Overview -- Ch. 2. Employer Responses to the Minimum Wage: Evidence from the Fast-Food Industry -- Ch. 3. Statewide Evidence on the Effect of the 1988 California Minimum Wage -- Ch. 4. The Effect of the Federal Minimum Wage on Low-Wage Workers: Evidence from Cross-State Comparisons -- Ch. 5. Additional Employment Outcomes -- Ch. 6. Evaluation of Time-Series Evidence -- Ch. 7. Evaluation of Cross-Section and Panel-Data Evidence -- Ch. 8. International Evidence -- Ch. 9. How the Minimum Wage Affects the Distribution of Wages, the Distribution of Family Earnings, and Poverty -- Ch. 10. How Much Do Employers and Shareholders Lose? -- Ch. 11. Is There an Explanation? Alternative Models of the Labor Market and the Minimum Wage -- Ch. 12. Conclusions and Implications |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [401]-413) and index |
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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Author |
Krueger, Alan B.
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LC no. |
94040567 //r95 |
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