Informality and Productivity in Bolivia: A Gender Differentiated Empirical Analysis
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Keywords
Informality; Productivity; Gender; Bolivia;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- J42 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Monopsony; Segmented Labor Markets
- J48 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Particular Labor Markets; Public Policy
- J78 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Public Policy (including comparable worth)
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EFF-2007-07-27 (Efficiency and Productivity)
- NEP-ENT-2007-07-27 (Entrepreneurship)
- NEP-LAB-2007-07-27 (Labour Economics)
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