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Are We Teaching Outside the Box? A National Survey on Teaching the Minimum Wage in Undergraduate Economics Classes

Veronika DolarEconomics Department, Long Island University, Brookville, NY, USA
Pages 51-74 | Published online: 16 Mar 2016

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