The decline in demand for unskilled labor: An empirical analysis method and its application to France

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 596-607

  Goux, Dominique ^a   Maurin, Eric ^a  

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EID: 0034359437     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465300559073     Document Type: Article

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