Aggregate shocks and urban labor market responses: Evidence from Argentina's financial crisis

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 719-758

  McKenzie, David J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL CRISIS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LABOR MARKET; URBAN ECONOMY;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 4644289372     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381110     Document Type: Article

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