The effect of trade on the demand for skill: Evidence from the interstate highway system

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 683-701

  Michaels, Guy ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 55549146466     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.90.4.683     Document Type: Article

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