The impact of outsourcing and high-technology capital on wages: Estimates for the United States, 1979-1990

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 907-940

  Feenstra, Robert C ^a   Hanson, Gordon H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0038959171     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355399556179     Document Type: Article

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