Have falling tariffs and transportation costs raised US wage inequality?

Review of International Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 630-650

  Haskel, Jonathan E ^a   Slaughter, Matthew J ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; TARIFF STRUCTURE; WAGE DETERMINATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0142122945     PISSN: 09657576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9396.00408     Document Type: Article

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