Informal self-employment and macroeconomic fluctuations

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-226

  Fiess, Norbert M ^a   Fugazza, Marco ^b   Maloney, William F ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b United Nations Conference on Trade and Development   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Co integration; Informality; Labor market dynamics; Real exchange rates; Self employment

Indexed keywords

INFORMAL SECTOR; LABOR MARKET; MACROECONOMICS; MODELING; REAL EXCHANGE RATE; SELF EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 70449528508     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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