Formal and informal institutions in the labor market, with applications to the construction sector in Egypt

Ragui Assaad

Urban labor markets that are characterized by the absence of ineffectiveness of regulation by bureaucratic institutions can nonetheless be subject of powerful institutional forces based on customary norms, group cohesion, kinship, and social networks. Using insights derived from the New Institutional Economics, this argument is illustrated with three examples from the construction labor market in Egypt. (DSE)

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Year of publication:	1993
Authors:	Assaad, Ragui
Other Persons:	Asʿad, Rāǧī (contributor)
Published in:	World development : the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development. - Amsterdam : Elsevier Science, ISSN 0305-750X, ZDB-ID 185339-9. - Vol. 21.1993, 6, p. 925-939
Subject:	Städtischer Arbeitsmarkt \| Urban labour market \| Bauwirtschaft \| Construction industry \| Neue Institutionenökonomik \| New institutional economics \| Theorie \| Theory \| Ägypten \| Egypt

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Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal
Language:	English
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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