Labor standards and informal employment in Latin America

World Development

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 809-828

  Galli, Rossana ^a   Kucera, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Informal sector; Labor standards; Latin America; Panel data

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INFORMAL SECTOR; LABOR MARKET; LABOR STANDARD;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 1842687500     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2003.11.005     Document Type: Article

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