Productivity differences and the dynamic effects of labor movements

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1059-1073

  Klein, Paul ^a,b   Ventura, Gustavo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital mobility; Cross country income differences; Labor mobility; TFP

Indexed keywords

EID: 73849090194     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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