Minimum wage coverage and compliance in developing countries

International Labour Review

Volumn 152, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 381-410

  Rani, Uma ^a   Belser, Patrick ^a   Oelz, Martin ^a   Ranjbar, Setareh ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

developing countries; legal aspect; low wages; minimum wage

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE; DEVELOPING WORLD; LABOR POLICY; LEGISLATION; MINIMUM WAGE;

EID: 84890958965     PISSN: 00207780     EISSN: 1564913X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2013.00197.x     Document Type: Article

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