Minimum wages, globalization, and poverty in honduras

World Development

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 908-918

  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; Honduras; Minimum wages; Poverty

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL ECONOMY; GLOBALIZATION; LEGISLATION; MINIMUM WAGE; POVERTY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

HONDURAS;

EID: 77951207427     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.02.013     Document Type: Article

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