Did foreign direct investment put an upward pressure on wages in China

IMF Economic Review

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 404-430

  Hale, Galina ^a   Long, Cheryl ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

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EID: 80755171466     PISSN: 20414161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/imfer.2011.14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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