Skill-biased technological change and wage inequality: Evidence from a plant retooling

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 273-320

  Fernandez, Roberto M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0035457951     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/324009     Document Type: Article

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