Trade, technology, and the rise of the service sector: The effects on US wage inequality

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 441-458

  Blum, Bernardo S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Income inequality; International trade; Ricardo Viner; Structural change; Technological change

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SERVICE SECTOR; SKILLED LABOR; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; WAGE DETERMINATION; WAGE GAP;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39849099508     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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