Income mobility and risk during the business cycle: Comparing adjustments in labour markets in two Latin-American countries

Economics of Transition

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 449-461

  Wodon, Quentin ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cycle; Income mobility; Inequality

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; RISK FACTOR;

ARGENTINA; MEXICO;

EID: 0034911311     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0351.00083     Document Type: Article

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