Chapter 20 The Effects of Technical Change on Labor Market Inequalities

Handbook of Economic Growth

Volumn 1, Issue SUPPL. PART B, 2005, Pages 1275-1370

  Hornstein, Andreas ^a   Krusell, Per ^b   Violante, Giovanni L ^c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

inequality; institutions; labor market; skills; technological change

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845364463     PISSN: 15740684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0684(05)01020-8     Document Type: Chapter

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