Disability screening and labor supply: Evidence from South Africa

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 512-516

  Mitra, Sophie ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 73849139699     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.2.512     Document Type: Conference Paper

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