Implications of Skill-Biased Technological Change: International Evidence*
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- 1 November 1998
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Quarterly Journal of Economics
- Vol. 113 (4) , 1245-1279
Abstract
Demand for less-skilled workers plummeted in developed countries in the 1980s. In open economies, pervasive skill-biased technological change (SBTC)Keywords
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