Economic reform and labor unions: A general-equilibrium analysis applied to Bangladesh and Indonesia

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 145-170

  Devarajan, Shantayanan ^a   Ghanem, Hafez ^b   Thierfelder, Karen ^c  

^a WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REFORM; LABOUR RELATIONS; TRADE LIBERALISATION; TRADE UNION;

BANGLADESH; INDONESIA;

EID: 0030777993     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/11.1.145     Document Type: Article

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