Labor market adjustments to globalization: Unemployment versus relative wages

North American Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-188

  Eckel, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PASSAU   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biased technological progress; Capital movements; Efficiency wages; International trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041707910     PISSN: 10629408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1062-9408(02)00117-1     Document Type: Article

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