Do smaller firms pay less in the Caribbean? The case of Trinidad and Tobago

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 181-198

  Marcelle, Miguel ^a   Strobl, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRM SIZE; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; WAGE DETERMINATION;

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 0042812511     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380412331333199     Document Type: Article

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