The Impact of Introducing a Minimum Wage on Business Cycle Volatility : A Structural Analysis for Hong Kong SAR.

We study the impact of a minimum wage on business cycle volatility, depending upon its coverage and adjustment mechanism. As with other small open economies, Hong Kong SAR is vulnerable to external shocks, with its exchange rate regime precluding active monetary policy. Adjustment to past shocks has...

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Awdur Corfforaethol: International Monetary Fund
Fformat: Cylchgrawn
Iaith:English
Cyhoeddwyd: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Cyfres:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/285
Mynediad Ar-lein:Full text available on IMF