Trade with low wage economies, employment and productivity in UK manufacturing

Economic Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 450, 1998, Pages 1500-1510

  Hine, Robert C ^a   Wright, Peter W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; EMPLOYMENT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031794347     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00356     Document Type: Article

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