Trade liberalization and wage inequality in Mexico

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 271-288

  Hanson, Gordon H ^a   Harrison, Ann ^a  

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EID: 0001629492     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979399905200207     Document Type: Article

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