Non-routine tasks, restructuring of firms, and wage inequality within and between skill-groups

Journal of Economics/ Zeitschrift fur Nationalokonomie

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 197-228

  Egger, Hartmut ^a   Grossmann, Volker ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Non routine tasks; Skill supply; Technological progress; Unobserved abilities; Within group wage inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 30444432396     PISSN: 09318658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00712-005-0151-9     Document Type: Article

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