Equipment Investment and the Relative Demand for Skilled Labor: International Evidence

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 461-485

  Flug, Karnit ^a   Hercowitz, Zvi ^b  

^a The Bank of Israel   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Equipment investment; skill premium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013300437     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/redy.1999.0080     Document Type: Article

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