The impact of material and service outsourcing on employment in Thailand's manufacturing industries

Applied Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 27, 2011, Pages 3931-3944

  Thangavelu, Shandre M ^a   Chongvilaivan, Aekapol ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b National University of Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; MANUFACTURING; OUTSOURCING; SKILLED LABOR; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

THAILAND;

EID: 79961045926     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036841003742595     Document Type: Article

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