The determinants and welfare implications of US Workers' diverging location choices by skill: 1980-2000

American Economic Review

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 479-524

  Diamond, Rebecca ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84960914080     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.20131706     Document Type: Review

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