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Developing
Poverty The State, Labor Market Deregulation, and the
Informal Economy in Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic
José Itzegsohn
August 2000 | 6 x 9 inches
Hardback: $51.50 SH
ISBN: 978-0-271-02027-3
Paperback: $23.00 SH
ISBN: 978-0-271-02028-0
Using data from local surveys, interviews, and national statistics, this comparative study of two Central American cities similarly positioned in the world economy looks at how people make a living outside the mainstream of economic life, in the "informal economy," what opportunities they have for social mobility, and how state policies affect their life chances.
José
Itzigsohn is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Brown University.
His articles have appeared in Social Forces, Latin American Research
Review, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research,
and Ethnic and Racial Studies.
