Does immigrant employment matter for export sales? Evidence from Denmark

Review of World Economics

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 369-394

  Hiller, Sanne ^a,b  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Firm level analysis; International trade; Matched employer employee data; Migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873749119     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: 16102886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10290-013-0146-5     Document Type: Article

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