Explaining international differences in male skill wage differentials by differences in demand and supply of skill

Economic Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 495, 2004, Pages 466-486

  Leuven, Edwin ^a,b   Oosterbeek, Hessel ^a,b   van Ophem, Hans ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; LABOR SUPPLY; SKILLED LABOR; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 1942423794     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2004.00217.x     Document Type: Article

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