Labor standards and labor market flexibility in the middle east: Free trade and freer unions?

Studies in Comparative International Development

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 250-279

  Cammett, Melani ^a   Posusney, Marsha Pripstein ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRYANT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Labor reform; Labor standards; Middle East

Indexed keywords

FREE TRADE; LABOR MARKET; LABOR STANDARD; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POST-INDEPENDENCE; TRADE AGREEMENT; TRADE UNION;

MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 77954313087     PISSN: 00393606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12116-010-9062-z     Document Type: Article

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