Does outsourcing to Central and Eastern Europe really threaten manual workers' jobs in Germany?

World Economy

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 559-583

  Geishecker, Ingo ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LABOR MARKET; OUTSOURCING; SKILLED LABOR; WAGE DETERMINATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; GERMANY;

EID: 33645800602     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2006.00800.x     Document Type: Article

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