Minimum wages in Colombia: Holding the Middle with a Bite on the Poor

Borradores de Economia
Number: 
280
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
O15, J31, J42
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy
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