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Minimum wages and pay equity in Latin America : identifying the employment and pay equity effects

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  • Grimshaw, Damian.
  • Miozzo, Marcela.

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Examines how a minimum wage policy may be used as a tool to promote gender pay equity. Includes case studies of Argentina, Colombia and Mexico.

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  • Grimshaw, Damian. & Miozzo, Marcela., 2003. "Minimum wages and pay equity in Latin America : identifying the employment and pay equity effects," ILO Working Papers 993617183402676, International Labour Organization.
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