Changing labor market conditions and economic development in Hong Kong, the republic of Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan, China

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 395-414

  Fields, Gary S ^a  

^a and History   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEVELOPING REGION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPLOYMENT; EXPORT LED DEVELOPMENT; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; LABOUR CONDITIONS; LABOUR MARKET CONDITIONS; MARKET CHANGE;

HONG KONG; KOREA(SOUTH); SINGAPORE; TAIWAN;

EID: 0028579647     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/8.3.395     Document Type: Article

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