Globalization of labor markets and the growth prospects of nations

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 656-669

  Basu, Kaushik ^a,b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Developing and emerging economies; Labor linking technology; Multilateral policy challenge; Structural shift; Technological change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977643154     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2016.05.009     Document Type: Article

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