Implications for minimum-wage policies of an S-shaped labor-supply curve

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 543-568

  Dessing, Maryke ^a  

^a NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Excess labor supply; Minimum wages; Poverty trap; Two sector model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346307483     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(03)00096-9     Document Type: Article

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