The engineering labor market

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Ryoo, Jaewoo ^a   Rosen, Sherwin ^b  

^a Kookmin University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING; LABOR MARKET; OCCUPATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842832023     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/379946     Document Type: Article

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