Technology adoption and the skill mix of US manufacturing plants

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 387-405

  Dunne, Timothy ^a   Tranke, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURING; TECHNOLOGY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WORKING CONDITIONS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28144452502     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: 14679485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0036-9292.2005.00350.x     Document Type: Review

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