Implications of skill-biased technological change: International evidence

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1245-1279

  Berman, Eli ^a   Bound, John ^a   Machin, Stephen ^a  

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EID: 0000959792     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355398555892     Document Type: Article

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