The impact of minimum wages on wages, work and poverty in Nicaragua

Labour Economics

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Alaniz, Enrique ^a,e   Gindling, T H ^b   Terrell, Katherine ^c,d  

^a Fundación Internacional para el Desafío Económico Global FIDEG   (Nicaragua)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e Fundación Internacional para el Desafío Económico Global FIDEG   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

Employment; Minimum wages; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855203127     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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