The guest labor system in Taiwan: Labor market considerations, wage injustices, and the politics of foreign labor brokerage

Critical Asian Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 205-228

  Tierney, Robert ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; LABOR RELATIONS; LABOR SUPPLY; WAGE GAP; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 34547581473     PISSN: 14672715     EISSN: 14726033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14672710701339410     Document Type: Article

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