Can international factor mobility reduce wage inequality in a dual economy?

Review of International Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 893-903

  Beladi, Hamid ^a   Chaudhuri, Sarbajit ^b   Yabuuchi, Shigemi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUAL ECONOMY; HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; SKILLED LABOR; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE GAP;

EID: 55449126687     PISSN: 09657576     EISSN: 14679396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9396.2008.00751.x     Document Type: Article

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