The Impact of Minimum Wages on Wage Inequality and Employment in the Formal and Informal Sector in Costa Rica



The Impact of Minimum Wages on Wage Inequality and Employment
in the Formal and Informal Sector in Costa Rica

by

Fatma El-Hamidi
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
Tel. (412) 372-0895
E-Mail: [email protected]

and

Katherine Terrell

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN BUSINESS SCHOOL
and the William Davidson Institute
Tel (734) 615-4558

E-Mail: [email protected]

For presentation at the

Second IZA-WDI International Conference on
“Labor Market Dynamics in Emerging Market Economies”

April 1-3, 2001

San Jose, Costa Rica

This paper benefited from comments and suggestions made by Richard Freeman and Gary Solon.



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