Working "off the books": Patterns of informal market participation within New York's east village

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 284-308

  Snyder, Karrie Ann ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037573443     PISSN: 00380245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-682X.00057     Document Type: Review

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