transitions and wages for workers and links of the workers to the firms with whom they are employed. We can thus measure worker … market economies. A key factor in the patterns of the worker and job flows is the determination of wages in Slovenia. A base … wage schedule provides strict guidelines for minimum wages for different skill categories. However, firms are permitted to …

The classic dual economy models of developing countries hold minimum wages (among other institutions) accountable for … thousands workers living in Costa Rica to test whether legal minimum wages have a differential impact on the wages of workers in … evidence from Costa Rica is contrary to the assumptions of these models. We find that increases in minimum wages not only raise …

This paper investigates the effects of legal minimum wages on wages, employment, hours worked and monthly earnings … Costa Rica. This country’s large uncovered sector and complex minimum wage policy, which has for decades set numerous wages … minimum wages. We find that legal minimum wages have a significant positive effect on the wages of workers in the covered …

by rigorously addressing the question as to whether changes in minimum wages can change the inequality of the … wages in the 1980s and 1990s acted as a countervailing force to the unequalizing effect of globalization. Using annual data … on workers from the 1987-1997 household surveys, it is shown that changes in the legal minimum wages did indeed have an …

, whereas plants with large within-plant variation in wages have high turnover. Average tenure of employees has a negative …