Non-farm employment and incomes in rural Cambodia

Asian-Pacific Economic Literature

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 54-71

  Rahut, Dil Bahadur ^a   Micevska Scharf, Maja ^b,c  

^a SOUTH ASIAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b WEBSTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84869798453     PISSN: 08189935     EISSN: 14678411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8411.2012.01345.x     Document Type: Article

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