Trade liberalization and wage inequality: Evidence from India

Review of Development Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 291-311

  Kumar, Utsav ^a   Mishra, Prachi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FIRM SIZE; PRODUCTIVITY; SKILLED LABOR; TARIFF STRUCTURE; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; WAGE GAP;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 41549114156     PISSN: 13636669     EISSN: 14679361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2007.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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