Minimum wages, wages and employment in various sectors in Honduras

Labour Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 291-303

  Gindling, T H ^a   Terrell, Katherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; Covered sector; Employment; Honduras; Informal sector; Minimum wage; Unemployment; Wage

Indexed keywords

EID: 64449085165     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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