Changes in the world distribution of output per worker, 1960-1998: How a standard decomposition tells an unorthodox story

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 741-753

  Beaudry, Paul ^a   Collard, Fabrice ^b,c   Green, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^c IDEI   (France)

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EID: 31544445501     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465305775098116     Document Type: Review

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