Labor market analysis for developing countries

Labour Economics

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Fields, Gary S ^a,b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b IZA ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Employment; Labor market; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855187502     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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