Minimum wages and the wage structure in Mexico

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-208

  Fairris, David ^a   Popli, Gurleen ^b   Zepeda, Eduardo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mexico; Minimum wages; Wage distributions; Wage inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749158102     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: 14701162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00346760701691489     Document Type: Review

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