Exploring Trends in Labor Informality in Latin America, 1990-2010
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-IUE-2014-06-02 (Informal and Underground Economics)
- NEP-LAB-2014-06-02 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-LAM-2014-06-02 (Central and South America)
- NEP-LTV-2014-06-02 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
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