The economics of has-beens

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  MacDonald, Glenn ^a   Weisbach, Michael S ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR MARKET; SKILLED LABOR; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 1842853860     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/380948     Document Type: Article

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