The origins of technology-skill complementarity

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 692-732

  Goldin, Claudia ^a   Katz, Lawrence F ^a  

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EID: 0038980895     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355398555720     Document Type: Article

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