An analysis of the unemployment selected MENA countries and Turkey

Journal of Third World Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-205

  Bilgin, Mehmet Huseyin ^a   Kilicarslan Ismihan N , I N ^a  

^a KADIR HAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; POLICY REFORM; UNEMPLOYMENT;

AFRICA; ASIA; EGYPT; EURASIA; ISRAEL; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; TURKEY;

EID: 54049102532     PISSN: 87553449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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