Returns to specific skills in industrial districts

Labour Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-164

  Cingano, Federico ^a,b  

^a Research Department   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Regional labour markets; Specific human capital; Wage differentials

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037381558     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(03)00005-8     Document Type: Article

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