Beyond negative depictions of informal employment: Some lessons from Moscow

Urban Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2321-2338

  Williams, Colin C ^a   Round, John ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; SELF HELP; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EURASIA; MOSCOW [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 35648974176     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980701540945     Document Type: Article

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