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Technical Change and Human Capital Acquisition in the U.S. and Japanese Labor Markets

In: Productivity Growth in Japan and the United States

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  • Hong W. Tan, 1991. "Technical Change and Human Capital Acquisition in the U.S. and Japanese Labor Markets," NBER Chapters, in: Productivity Growth in Japan and the United States, pages 385-409, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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