Foreign labor and economic growth policy options for Singapore

Singapore Economic Review

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-72

  Hui, Weng Tat ^a   Hashmi, Aamir Rafique ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foreign labor; Growth; Singapore labor market

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC POLICY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; GROWTH RATE; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PARTICIPATION; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; MIGRANT WORKER;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 34147178475     PISSN: 02175908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217590807002567     Document Type: Article

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