The two-way interaction between globalization and labour market policies

Oxford Development Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 135-152

  Downes, Andrew ^a   Gomez, Rafael ^b,c   Gunderson, Morley ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; SOCIAL POLICY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LATIN AMERICA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 2042452449     PISSN: 13600818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360081042000184165     Document Type: Article

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