The impact on inequality of raising the minimum wage: Gap-narrowing and reranking effects

Labour

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 317-327

  Angel Urdinola, Diego F ^a   Wodon, Quentin ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MINIMUM WAGE; WAGE DETERMINATION;

BRAZIL; COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 2942574281     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1121-7081.2004.00269.x     Document Type: Article

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