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Heterogeneous Impact of the Minimum Wage

Implications for Changes in Between- and Within-Group Inequality

View ORCID ProfileTatsushi Oka and View ORCID ProfileKen Yamada
Journal of Human Resources, January 2023, 58 (1) 335-362; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.58.3.0719-10339R1
Tatsushi Oka
Tatsushi Oka is an associate professor of econometrics and business statistics at Monash University.
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Ken Yamada is a professor of economics at Kyoto University ().
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