Does offshoring reduce industry employment?

National Institute Economic Review

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 86-96

  Hijzen, Alexander ^a   Swaim, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b OECD ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

International outsourcing; Labour demand

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650050745     PISSN: 00279501     EISSN: 17413036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0027950107083053     Document Type: Article

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