Real wages and the demand for skilled and unskilled male labour in Ghana's manufacturing sector: 1991-1995

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 447-461

  Teal, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Labour demand in Ghana; Labour markets; Wage determination

Indexed keywords

LABOR SUPPLY; MANUFACTURING; WAGE;

GHANA;

EID: 0034011735     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(00)00064-X     Document Type: Article

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