Do unskilled workers always lose from fragmentation?

North American Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-92

  Geishecker, Ingo ^a   Görg, Holger ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Skills; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 14744291056     PISSN: 10629408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.najef.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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