The Assignment of Workers to Tasks, Wage Distribution, and Technical Change: A Critical Review
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assignment models; wage structure; technical change;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D3 - Microeconomics - - Distribution
- J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
- O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights
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