Offshoring and job loss fears: An econometric analysis of individual perceptions

Labour Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 738-747

  Geishecker, Ingo ^a   Riedl, Maximilian ^a   Frijters, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Job loss fears; Job security perceptions; Offshoring; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865955503     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2012.05.018     Document Type: Article

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