Sectoral trends in earnings inequality and employment International trade, skill-biased technological change, or labour market institutions?
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Earnings inequality; sectoral approach; globalisation; skill biased technological change; income inequality;All these keywords.
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- D30 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - General
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
- L60 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - General
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