Two dimensions of convergence: National and international wage adjustment effects of cross-border outsourcing in Europe

Review of International Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 833-843

  Egger, Peter ^a,b   Pfaffermayr, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH WIFO   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; EUROPEAN UNION; OUTSOURCING; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 9444297008     PISSN: 09657576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9396.2004.00484.x     Document Type: Article

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