The effects of public sector hiring and compensation policies on the Egyptian labor market

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-118

  Assaad, Ragui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRADUATE EMPLOYMENT; LABOUR MARKET; PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT; WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT;

EQYPT;

EID: 0030811420     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/11.1.85     Document Type: Article

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