New goods and the relative demand for skilled labor

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 285-298

  Xiang, Chong ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 20444378199     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0034653053970393     Document Type: Article

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