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Does Employment Respond Differently to Minimum Wage Increases in the Presence of Inflation Indexing?

Peter Brummund and Michael R. Strain
Journal of Human Resources, July 2020, 55 (3) 999-1024; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.55.2.1216.8404R2
Peter Brummund
Peter Brummund is an associate professor of economics at the University of Alabama (). Michael R. Strain is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) ().
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Peter Brummund is an associate professor of economics at the University of Alabama (). Michael R. Strain is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) ().
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