Microeconometric decompositions of aggregate variables: An application to labour informality in Argentina

Applied Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 2257-2266

  Gasparini, L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INFORMAL SECTOR; LABOR MARKET; MICROECONOMICS;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 0037115220     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840210127231     Document Type: Article

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