Minimum wage effects in a developing country

Labour Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 224-237

  Lemos, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; Employment; Informal sector; Labour costs; Minimum wage

Indexed keywords

EID: 60249100220     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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