Computer use and earnings in Britain

Economic Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 494, 2004, Pages

  Dolton, Peter ^a   Makepeace, Gerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1842781154     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-0133.2004.00201.x     Document Type: Article

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