Down from the mountain: Skill upgrading and wages in Appalachia

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 819-857

  Bollinger, Christopher ^a   Ziliak, James P ^a   Troske, Kenneth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 80052558789     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/660773     Document Type: Article

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