Globalisation and Wages: A tale of Two Perspectives

World Economy

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 609-629

  Slaughter, Matthew J ^a,b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032870129     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9701.00221     Document Type: Article

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