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
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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.