Turkish clothing in Amsterdam: The rise and fall of a perfectly competitive labour market

Economist

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-181

  Hartog, Joop ^a   Zorlu, Aslan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Illegal workers; Immigrants; International trade barriers; Segmented labour market; Wages

Indexed keywords

FASHION; LABOR; TEXTILE-CLOTHING INDUSTRY; TRADE AGREEMENT;

EID: 0033385823     PISSN: 0013063X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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