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

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No. 479: The Impact of Minimum Wages on Wage Inequality and Employment in the Formal and Informal Sector in Costa Rica__________	Fatma El-Hamidi and Katherine Terrell_____________________________	Apr. 2001
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