The Minimum Wage in Greece: A Review of Institutional Features, Developments and Effects Between 1975 and 2023
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minimum wage; wages; bargaining; institutions;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- J50 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - General
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