International outsourcing and the skill-specific wage bill in Eastern Europe

World Economy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-72

  Egger, Peter ^a   Stehrer, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Vienna Inst for Intnl Econ Stds   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; MANUFACTURING; OUTSOURCING; SKILLED LABOR; WAGE;

CZECH REPUBLIC; HUNGARY; POLAND;

EID: 0037217435     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9701.00510     Document Type: Article

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