The skill premium, technological change and appropriability

Journal of Economic Growth

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 137-156

  Nahuis, Richard ^a   Smulders, Sjak ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Appropriability; Growth; Research productivity; Technological change; Wage inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013043458     PISSN: 13814338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015624129031     Document Type: Article

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