Skill bias, trade, and wage dispersion

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 202-218

  Monte, Ferdinando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Intra firm rent distribution; Intra industry trade; Local change in inequality; Skill biased technical change

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; LABOR MARKET; SKILLED LABOR; WAGE DETERMINATION; WAGE GAP;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952002176     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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