Technical change and earnings in British establishments

Economica

Volumn 64, Issue 256, 1997, Pages 587-604

  Chennells, Lucy ^a   Van Reenen, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECHNICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WAGE LEVEL;

UK;

EID: 0031411652     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0335.00101     Document Type: Article

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