Why do new technologies complement skills? Directed technical change and wage inequality

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1055-1089

  Acemoglu, Daron ^a  

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EID: 0000602479     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355398555838     Document Type: Article

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