The informal economy in non-metropolitan Canada

Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-49

  Reimer, Bill ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

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EID: 33645578763     PISSN: 00084948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-618x.2006.tb00853.x     Document Type: Review

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