Skill classification does matter: Estimating the relationship between trade flows and wage inequality

Journal of International Trade and Economic Development

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 175-209

  Forbes, Kristin J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inequality; Skill; Trade; Wages

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; SKILLED LABOR; TRADE FLOW; WAGE GAP;

EID: 21544450842     PISSN: 09638199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638190110039046     Document Type: Article

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