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Foreign direct investment, intellectual property rights, and wage inequality in China

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  • Wu, Xiaodong, 2001. "Foreign direct investment, intellectual property rights, and wage inequality in China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 11(4), pages 361-384.
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