Just how low are China's labour costs?

World Economy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 597-617

  Ceglowski, Janet ^a   Golub, Stephen ^b  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; EUROPEAN UNION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LABOR MARKET; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY; WAGE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KOREA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33947692660     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2007.01006.x     Document Type: Article

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