The effects of labour market policies in an economy with an informal sector

Economic Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 539, 2009, Pages 1105-1129

  Albrecht, James ^a   Navarro, Lucas ^b   Vroman, Susan ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ALBERTO HURTADO   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; EQUILIBRIUM; HETEROGENEITY; INFORMAL SECTOR; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; MODEL; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE;

EID: 67649973875     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2009.02268.x     Document Type: Article

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