Technological and organizational changes as determinants of the skill bias: Evidence from the Italian machinery industry

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-73

  Piva, Mariacristina ^a   Santarelli, Enrico ^b,c,d   Vivarelli, Marco ^a,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

^d ENCORE   (Netherlands)

^e INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 31344465241     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1246     Document Type: Article

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