Overestimating the effect of complementarity on skill demand

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kovak, Brian K ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

capital skill complementarity; labor demand; technological change

Indexed keywords

EID: 80455132436     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2946     Document Type: Article

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