Informality, Ethnicity and Productivity: Evidence from Small Manufacturers in Kenya
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Keywords
informal sector; informality; ethnicity; productivity; manufacturing; Kenya;All these keywords.
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- O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2000-09-01 (Development)
- NEP-EFF-2000-09-18 (Efficiency & Productivity)
- NEP-HIS-2000-09-01 (Business, Economic & Financial History)
- NEP-IND-2000-09-01 (Industrial Organization)
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