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Fixing minimum wage levels in developing countries: Common failures and remedies

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  • Catherine SAGET, 2008. "Fixing minimum wage levels in developing countries: Common failures and remedies," International Labour Review, International Labour Organization, vol. 147(1), pages 25-42, March.
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    1. Catherine Saget, 2000. "Can the Level of Employment be Explained by GDP Growth in Transition Countries? (Theory versus the Quality of Data)," LABOUR, CEIS, vol. 14(4), pages 623-643, December.
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    3. Saget, Catherine., 2006. "Wage fixing in the informal economy : evidence from Brazil, India, Indonesia and South Africa," ILO Working Papers 993899003402676, International Labour Organization.
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