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Heterogeneous Impact of the Minimum Wage: Implications for Changes in Between- and Within-group Inequality

Tatsushi Oka and Ken Yamada
Published online before print August 18, 2021, 0719-10339R1; 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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