Allocation of labor in urban west Africa: Insights from the pattern of labor supply and skill premiums

Review of Development Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-92

  Dimova, Ralitza ^a   Nordman, Christophe J ^b   Roubaud, François ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; LABOR SUPPLY; SELF EMPLOYMENT; SKILLED LABOR; URBAN REGION;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 74949099787     PISSN: 13636669     EISSN: 14679361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2009.00540.x     Document Type: Article

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