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Capital-Skill Complementarity and Rising Wage Inequality in the UK

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  • Niven WINCHESTER
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  • Niven WINCHESTER & David GREENAWAY, 2010. "Capital-Skill Complementarity and Rising Wage Inequality in the UK," EcoMod2004 330600159, EcoMod.
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