International trade and wage inequality in Canada

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-86

  Breau, Sébastien ^a   Rigby, David L ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Import competition; Micro data; Wage inequality

Indexed keywords

IMPORT; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKILLED LABOR; WAGE GAP;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 77649084628     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbp016     Document Type: Article

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