Computing inequality: Have computers changed the labor market?

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1169-1213

  Autor, David H ^a   Katz, Lawrence F ^a   Krueger, Alan B ^a  

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EID: 0012574389     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355398555874     Document Type: Article

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