Untangling Trade and Technology: Evidence from Local Labour Markets

Economic Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 584, 2015, Pages 621-646

  Autor, David H ^a   Dorn, David ^b   Hanson, Gordon H ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); EMPLOYMENT; IMPORT; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; LABOR MARKET; MANUFACTURING; OCCUPATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84929748949     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12245     Document Type: Article

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