Job creation and labor reform in Latin America

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-105

  Kaplan, David S ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Job flows; Labor market reforms; Worker flows

Indexed keywords

EID: 63249092176     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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