Relative prices and wage inequality: Evidence from Mexico

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 387-409

  Robertson, Raymond ^a  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mexico; Trade liberalization; Wage inequality

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PRICE DYNAMICS; TRADE LIBERALIZATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17544383350     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2003.06.003     Document Type: Article

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