Trade reforms, labor regulations, and labor-demand elasticities: Empirical evidence from India

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 466-481

  Hasan, Rana ^a   Mitra, Devashish ^b   Ramaswamy, K V ^c  

^a East West Center

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research

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EID: 34548601280     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.89.3.466     Document Type: Article

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