In the conventional textbook demand-supply model of competitive labour markets, introduction of a minimum wage above the market-clearing level must reduce employment. Empirical findings suggest, however, that this might not always be the case, which appears to be most readily explained by...

Based on the results of the 1996 Microcensus the study offers an analysis of the data on the population engaged in agricultural work and it compares them with the data of the 1994 Pilot Survey. It states that including agricultural activities, the number of persons considered as working people...