Services offshoring and wages: Evidence from micro data

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 124-146

  Geishecker, Ingo ^a   Görgy, Holger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INVESTMENT LOCATION; LABOR STANDARD; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; SERVICE SECTOR; SKILLED LABOR; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; WAGE DETERMINATION; WAGE GAP;

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EID: 84871262339     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpr055     Document Type: Article

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