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Poverty reduction and decent work in developing countries: Do minimum wages help?

✍ Scribed by Catherine SAGET

Book ID: 109294416
Publisher: International Labour Organisation
Year: 2001
Tongue: English
Weight: 370 KB
Volume: 140
Category: Article
ISSN: 0020-7780
DOI: 10.1111/j.1564-913x.2001.tb00532.x

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