Skills and changing comparative advantage

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-93

  Wolff, Edward N ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037319387     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465303762687721     Document Type: Review

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