How does labour mobility affect the performance of plants? The importance of relatedness and geographical proximity

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-190

  Boschma, Ron ^a   Eriksson, Rikard ^b   Lindgren, Urban ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Geographical proximity; Labour mobility; Plant performance; Related variety; Skill portfolio

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; LABOR MOBILITY; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; SKILLED LABOR;

EID: 60549117520     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbn041     Document Type: Article

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