Technology, trade, and wage inequality in Mexico before and after NAFTA

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 543-565

  Esquivel, Gerardo ^a   Rodríguez López, José Antonio ^b  

^a EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

NAFTA; Stolper Samuelson; Trade liberalization; Wage inequality

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; NAFTA; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; WAGE DETERMINATION;

MEXICO;

EID: 0142009698     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(03)00119-6     Document Type: Article

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