Disparities in Labor Market Outcomes Across Geopolitical Regions in Nigeria. Fact or Fantasy?
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- Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth, 2007. "Disparities in Labor Market Outcomes across Geopolitical Regions in Nigeria: Fact or Fantasy?," IZA Discussion Papers 3082, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Keywords
Nigeria; ethnic fragmentation; market disparities; geopolitics; school enrollment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O5 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies
- I0 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - General
- J70 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - General
- O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
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