Labor market effects of international outsourcing: How measurement matters

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 611-623

  Horgos, Daniel ^a  

^a HELMUT SCHMIDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggregation bias; International outsourcing; Measurement differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 69349101452     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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