Is inter-firm labor mobility a channel of knowledge spillovers? Evidence from a linked employer-employee panel

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1161-1191

  Maliranta, Mika ^a   Mohnen, Pierre ^b   Rouvinen, Petri ^a  

^a Elinkeinoelaman Tutkimuslaitos   (Finland)

^b UNU MERIT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; KNOWLEDGE; LABOR MOBILITY; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; LABOR RELATIONS; PROFITABILITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EID: 76249101156     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtp031     Document Type: Article

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