A bird's eye view of international outsourcing: data, measurement and labour demand effects

Economie Internationale

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 45-63

  Hijzen, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Labour Demand; Outsourcing; Trade; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249101763     PISSN: 12408095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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