Another nail in the coffin? Or can the trade based explanation of changing skill structures be resurrected?

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 533-554

  Desjonqueres, Thibaut ^a   Machin, Stephen ^a,b   Van Reenen, John ^b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

International trade; Skill differentials; Skilled employment shares

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033263681     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9442.00172     Document Type: Article

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