Impact of the 2008-2009 Twin Economic Crises on the Philippine Labor Market

World Development

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2318-2328

  van der Meulen Rodgers, Yana ^a   Menon, Nidhiya ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Financial crisis; Food and fuel prices; Gender; Philippines; Wages

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GENDER; LABOR MARKET; WAGE;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84867142142     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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