International trade and the changing demand for skilled workers in high-tech manufacturing

Growth and Change

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 225-251

  Silva, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LABOR SUPPLY; MANUFACTURING; SKILLED LABOR;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43149093530     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2008.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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