The payoff to skill in the third industrial revolution

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1330-1374

  Liu, Yujia ^a   Grusky, David B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84877082569     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669498     Document Type: Article

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