The urban informal sector in Central America: Household survey evidence

World Development

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1737-1751

  Funkhouser, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARNINGS; EMPLOYMENT PATTERN; EMPLOYMENT STRUCTURE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA; INFORMAL SECTOR; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; URBAN ECONOMY;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 0030434737     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-750X(96)00074-5     Document Type: Article

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