Economic Liberalization and Wage Inequality in India

World Development

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1997-2015

  Chamarbagwala, Rubiana ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; education; India; trade and labor market interactions; wages

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; LIBERALIZATION; SKILLED LABOR; WAGE GAP; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33750608763     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.02.010     Document Type: Article

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