Income Concentration, Market Size and Informal Sector in Africa
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DOI: 10.18775/ijied.1849-7551-7020.2015.51.2001
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Income concentration; Market size; Labor market; Informal sector;All these keywords.
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- M00 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - General - - - General
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