Production transfer within multinational enterprises and American wages

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 449-472

  Slaughter, Matthew J ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Multinational enterprises; Skill upgrading; Wage inequality

Indexed keywords

MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; SKILLED LABOR; WAGE DETERMINATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033998055     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(98)00081-6     Document Type: Article

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