Upgrading or polarization? Occupational change in Britain, Germany, Spain and Switzerland, 1990-2008

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 503-531

  Oesch, Daniel ^a   Menés, Jorge Rodríguez ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Employment; Inequality; Labour markets; Occupations; Skills; Technological change

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959698779     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwq029     Document Type: Article

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