Professionalization and market closure: The case of plumbing in India

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 902-932

  Ranganathan, Aruna ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Occupational closure; Professionalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881180020     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979391306600407     Document Type: Article

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