The role of imports in expanding the demand gap between skilled and unskilled labour in the US

Applied Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 509-516

  Tombazos, Christis G ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPORT; LABOR SUPPLY; MODELING; SKILLED LABOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032767864     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368499324228     Document Type: Article

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