Does european unemployment prop up American wages? National labor markets and global trade: Comment

American Economic Review

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1924-1930

  Meckl, Jürgen ^a,b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b IZA   (Germany)

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EID: 33847675901     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.96.5.1924     Document Type: Note

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