On-The-Job Search, Urban Informal Sector And The Development Policies-A General Equilibrium Analysis
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job search; informal sector; development policy;All these keywords.
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- C6 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling
- D5 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium
- D9 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics
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