Informality revisited

World Development

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1159-1178

  Maloney, William F ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Informal employment; Labor markets; Self employment

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; INFORMAL SECTOR; LABOR MARKET; MICROENTERPRISE; SELF EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 3042643468     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2004.01.008     Document Type: Article

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