The employment intensity of growth: Trends and macroeconomic determinants

Labor Markets in Asia: Issues and Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 143-201

  Kapsos, Steven ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 77949400844     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230627383     Document Type: Chapter

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