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The effects of minimum wages on the health of working teenagers

Susan L. AverettDepartment of Economics, Lafayette College and IZA, Easton, PA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Julie K. SmithDepartment of Economics, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, USA
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Yang WangLa Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI, USA
Pages 1127-1130 | Published online: 16 Dec 2016

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