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Formal Measures of the Informal-Sector Wage Gap in Mexico, El Salvador, and Peru

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Marcouiller, Douglas
Ruiz de Castilla, Veronica
Woodruff, Christopher

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Article provided by University of Chicago Press in its journal Economic Development and Cultural Change.

Volume (Year): 45 (1997)
Issue (Month): 2 (January)
Pages: 367-92
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