Technology, labour characteristics and wage-productivity gaps

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 623-645

  Ilmakunnas, Pekka ^a   Maliranta, Mika ^b  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b Elinkeinoelaman Tutkimuslaitos   (Finland)

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EID: 26944499026     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2005.00134.x     Document Type: Article

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