The effect of intra- and inter-regional labour mobility on plant performance in Denmark: The significance of related labour inflows

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 289-311

  Timmermans, Bram ^a   Boschma, Ron ^b,c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Denmark; Geographical proximity; Labour mobility; Plant performance; Related labour flows; Revealed relatedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894322619     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbs059     Document Type: Article

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