The dynamics of job creation and job destruction in an african economy: Evidence from ethiopia

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 651-692

  Shiferaw, Admasu ^a,b   Bedi, Arjun S ^c  

^a William and Mary   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPLOYMENT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; JOB SEARCH; LABOR STANDARD; MANUFACTURING;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84887094543     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: 14643723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejt006     Document Type: Article

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