Skill classification and the effects of trade on wage inequality

Review of World Economics

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 287-306

  Winchester, Niven ^b   Greenaway, David ^a   Reed, Geoffrey V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Human capital; Skill classification; Trade and wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746875954     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: 16102886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10290-006-0068-6     Document Type: Article

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