An empirical assessment of the impact of trade on employment in the United Kingdom

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 485-500

  Greenaway, David ^a   Hine, Robert C ^a   Wright, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

F16; Trade and employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001210961     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(99)00023-3     Document Type: Article

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