Trade liberalisation and wages in developing countries

Economic Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 493, 2004, Pages

  Arbache, Jorge Saba ^a,c   Dickerson, Andy ^b   Green, Francis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; WAGE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 1542287235     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-0133.2004.00188.x     Document Type: Article

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