Can the Mortensen-Pissarides Model with Productivity Changes Explain U.S. Wage Inequality?

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 70-105

  Wong, Linda Y ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037281818     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/344124     Document Type: Review

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