Do exporters pay higher wages? Plant-level evidence from an export refund policy in Chile

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 269-294

  Kandilov, Ivan T ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; MANUFACTURING; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SKILLED LABOR; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; WAGE DETERMINATION;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 68249146064     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhp004     Document Type: Article

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