Labor productivity and wages in rural and urban manufacturing plants

Review of Regional Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-26

  Frederick Gale Jr , H ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INCOME INEQUALITY; LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY; MANUFACTURING; RURAL-URBAN DISPARITY; WAGE GAP;

EID: 0344936044     PISSN: 0048749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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