Minimum Wages in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Primer
The fraction of workers currently covered by minimum wages in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is small, but as formality and urbanization increase, wage regulation will become increasingly relevant. In this analysis, we find that higher minimum wage values are associated with higher levels of GDP per capit...
Main Authors: | Bhorat, Haroon, Kanbur, Ravi, Stanwix, Benjamin |
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Format: | Journal Article |
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
2018
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30139 |
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