Service offshoring and productivity: Evidence from the US

World Economy

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-220

  Amiti, Mary ^a   Wei, Shang Jin ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; INNOVATION; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; LABOR SUPPLY; MANUFACTURING; SERVICE SECTOR; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60849136048     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2008.01149.x     Document Type: Article

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