Technological change, relative wages, and unemployment

European Economic Review

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 187-205

  Agénor, Pierre Richard ^a   Aizenman, Joshua ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Dual labor markets; Efficiency wages; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

LABOUR DEMAND; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; WAGE STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030696816     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(96)00020-7     Document Type: Article

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