How Did the Great Recession Affect Different Types of Workers? Evidence from 17 Middle-Income Countries

World Development

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-50

  Cho, Yoonyoung ^a   Newhouse, David ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Great recession; Labor market; Middle income countries; Types of workers

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; LABOR MARKET; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE;

EID: 84870292011     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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