Chapter 15 Labor markets in low-income countries

Handbook of Development Economics

Volumn 1, Issue , 1988, Pages 713-762

  Rosenzweig, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOUR MARKET; MIGRATION; MOBILITY;

EID: 0024189685     PISSN: 15734471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-4471(88)01018-6     Document Type: Review

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