Choice of technology and labour market consequences: An explanation of U.S.-Japanese differences

Economic Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 468, 2001, Pages 29-50

  Morita, Hodaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR MARKET; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TRAINING;

JAPAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035109894     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00587     Document Type: Article

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