The nature of unemployment among young men in Urban Ethiopia

Review of Development Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 170-186

  Serneels, Pieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GENDER ISSUE; JOB SEARCH; LABOR MARKET; PUBLIC SECTOR; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG POPULATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33846449878     PISSN: 13636669     EISSN: 14679361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2007.00389.x     Document Type: Article

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