Patterns and determinants of skilled workers' mobility: Evidence from a survey of Italian inventors

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-179

  Lenzi, Camilla ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Inventor; Mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 57949100345     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590701737935     Document Type: Article

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