Does the sector bias of skill-biased technical change explain changing skill premia?

European Economic Review

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1757-1783

  Haskel, Jonathan E ^a,b   Slaughter, Matthew J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CERP   (United Kingdom)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Skill premia; Skill biased technical change

Indexed keywords

MODELING; SKILLED LABOR; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 0036913954     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(01)00185-4     Document Type: Article

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