Productivity in services: An international comparative perspective

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 471-499

  Van Ark, Bart ^a   Monnikhof, Erik ^a   Mulder, Nanno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; PRODUCTIVITY; SERVICE SECTOR;

EID: 0032845472     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/136432     Document Type: Article

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