Explaining job polarization: Routine-biased technological change and offshoring

American Economic Review

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2509-2526

  Goos, Maarten ^a   Manning, Alan ^b   Salomons, Anna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84907000338     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: 19447981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.104.8.2509     Document Type: Article

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