Analyzing skilled and unskilled labor efficiencies in the US

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 957-967

  Unel, Bulent ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth accounting; Skill premium; Skill biased technical change; Skilled (unskilled) labor efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957915274     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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