Wage inequality and the role of multinationals: Evidence from UK panel data

Labour Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 223-249

  Taylor, Karl ^a   Driffield, Nigel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FDI spillovers; Wage inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 14644433113     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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