The impact of outsourcing to China on Hong Kong's labor market

American Economic Review

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1673-1687

  Hsieh, Chang Tai ^a,b   Woo, Keong T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 33645734659     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282805775014272     Document Type: Review

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