Effects on employment of trade and technical change: Evidence from Norway

Economica

Volumn 70, Issue 278, 2003, Pages 293-329

  Salvanes, Kjell G ^a   Førre, Svein Erik ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SKILLED LABOR; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

NORWAY;

EID: 0037653649     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0335.t01-1-00284     Document Type: Article

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