The growing importance of social skills in the labor market

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1593-1640

  Deming, David J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; WAGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85032659301     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjx022     Document Type: Article

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