The impact of minimum wages on wages, work and poverty in Nicaragua
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- Alaniz, Enrique & Gindling, T. H. & Terrell, Katherine, 2011. "The Impact of Minimum Wages on Wages, Work and Poverty in Nicaragua," IZA Discussion Papers 5702, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Tim H. Gindling & Katherine Terrell, 2010. "The Impact of Minimum Wages on Wages, Work and Poverty in Nicaragua," UMBC Economics Department Working Papers 10-126, UMBC Department of Economics.
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Minimum wages; Employment; Poverty;
All these keywords.JEL classification:
- J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
- O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
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