Quality dualism

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 234-250

  Banerji, Arup ^a   Jain, Sanjay ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dualism; Informal sector; Quality; Vertical differentiation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC THEORY; INFORMAL SECTOR; MODELING;

EID: 34248224522     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2005.09.010     Document Type: Article

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