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Segmented labour markets may refer to descriptive features of labour markets or to theoretical models of the processes and outcomes of labour market behaviour. This entry emphasizes the latter, but the two aspects of the term are not neatly separable. In its descriptive uses segmentation may refer to industries, geographic areas, or to such demographic characteristics of workers as gender or race.
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The literature on segmented labour markets is extensive and diversified, and there are disputes about who are the leading theorists and which are the landmark articles. These characteristics make it difficult to provide a brief bibliography. In addition to the items cited in the text, several survey articles and books contain lengthy bibliographies: Taubman and Wachter (1986); Gordon, Edwards and Reich (1982); Wilkinson (1981); Cain (1976). The application of segmented labour market theories to development economics is not, however, covered in these sources, and the author is unaware of any survey or bibliographic sources for this application.
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Cain, G.G. (2018). Segmented Labour Markets. In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5_1475
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