Multinationals, skills, and wage elasticities

Review of World Economics

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 263-280

  Hakkala, Katariina Nilsson ^a   Heyman, Fredrik ^b   Sjöholm, Fredrik ^b  

^a Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus Finland   (Finland)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cross border acquisitions; FDI; Foreign ownership; Labor demand; Multinational enterprises; Skill groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953916647     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: 16102886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10290-009-0047-9     Document Type: Article

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