The evolution of inequality in productivity and wages: Panel data evidence

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1919-1951

  Faggio, Giulia ^a   Salvanes, Kjell G ^b   van Reenen, John ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FIRM SIZE; MANUFACTURING; PANEL DATA; PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; WAGE GAP;

UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649530381     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtq058     Document Type: Article

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