Labor regulations, unions, and social protection in developing countries: Market distortions or efficient institutions?

Handbook of Development Economics

Volumn 5, Issue C, 2010, Pages 4657-4702

  Freeman, Richard B ^a,b,c  

^a NBER ^*

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distribution of income; Informal labor market; Labor regulations; Minimum wage; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868109800     PISSN: 15734471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52944-2.00008-2     Document Type: Article

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