Labour market segmentation in Cameroonian manufacturing

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 876-898

  Thomas, Mark ^a   Vallée, Luc ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DUAL ECONOMY; EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS; LABOUR LEGISLATION; LABOUR MARKET; LABOUR MARKET SEGMENTATION; LEGISLATIVE IMPACT; MANUFACTURING; MANUFACTURING SECTOR; MARKET SEGMENTATION;

CAMEROON;

EID: 0030424942     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220389608422444     Document Type: Article

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