The impact of ownership changes: A view from labor markets

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 739-762

  McGuckin, Robert H ^a   Nguyen, Sang V ^a  

^a U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

Author keywords

D21; Employment; G34; J65; L6; Ownership change; Plant closing; Plant level data; US manufacturing; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035631286     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7187(00)00092-8     Document Type: Article

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