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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Tác giả của công ty: International Monetary Fund
Định dạng: Tạp chí
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Loạt:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/285
Truy cập trực tuyến:Full text available on IMF