Have workers in Latin America gained from liberalization and regional integration?

Journal of Developing Societies

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-114

  Weeks, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; NEOLIBERALISM; REGIONALIZATION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 0033912997     PISSN: 0169796X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156852200512003     Document Type: Article

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