Wage inequality in a developing country: Decrease in minimum wage or increase in education returns

Empirical Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 135-148

  González, Xulia ^a   Miles, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; MINIMUM WAGE; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; WAGE GAP;

URUGUAY;

EID: 0011748318     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001810000056     Document Type: Article

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