Technological acceleration, skill transferability, and the rise in residual inequality

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 297-338

  Violante, Giovanni L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036487694     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355302753399517     Document Type: Review

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