Social protection programs and employment: The case of Mexico's seguro popular program;Programas de protección social y empleo: El Seguro Popular Mexicano

Economia Mexicana, Nueva Epoca

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 403-448

  Campos Vázquez, Raymundo M ^a   Knox, Melissa A ^b  

^a EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Informality; Mexico; Seguro Popular

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897377826     PISSN: 01850458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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