Shifts and twists in the relative productivity of skilled labor

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 718-735

  Dupuy, Arnaud ^a   Marey, Philip S ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assignment; Cointegration and change in regime; Output growth; SBTC

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649170408     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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