Factor Proportions and Relative Wages: The Supply-Side Determinants of Wage Inequality

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 55-74

  Topel, Robert H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0002239109     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.11.2.55     Document Type: Article

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