Plant size and industry-mix effects on UK regional productivity, wage costs and operating surplus

Regional Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 325-332

  Roper, Stephen ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Firm size; Industrial structure; Productivity; Wage levels

Indexed keywords

FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; WAGE LEVEL;

UK;

EID: 0031880205     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343409850117780     Document Type: Article

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