Estimating the impact of trade and offshoring on American workers using the Current Population Surveys

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 581-595

  Ebenstein, Avraham ^a   Harrison, Ann ^b   McMillan, Margaret ^c   Phillips, Shannon ^d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84907208924     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00400     Document Type: Article

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