Specialization, outsourcing and wages

Review of World Economics

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-73

  Munch, Jakob Roland ^a   Skaksen, Jan Rose ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Comparative advantage; Outsourcing; Specialization; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749107048     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: 16102886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10290-009-0009-2     Document Type: Article

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