Technical change, wages, and employment in semiconductor manufacturing

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 54, Issue 2 PART A, 2001, Pages 450-465

  Brown, Clair ^a   Campbell, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0008441433     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390105400224     Document Type: Article

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