Efficiency wage and the family: An explanation for the impact of the agricultural minimum wage in Morocco

Kyklos

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 369-382

  Azam, Jean Paul ^a,b  

^a IDREC   (France)

^b Centre for the Study of African Economies   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; AGRICULTURAL WAGES; ARABLE FARMING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; MINIMUM WAGE;

MOROCCO;

EID: 0031419752     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6435.00021     Document Type: Article

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