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High-tech capital formation and labor composition in U.S. manufacturing industries : an exploratory analysis

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  • Berndt, Ernst R.
  • Morrison, Catherine J.
  • Rosenblum, Larry S.

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  • Berndt, Ernst R. & Morrison, Catherine J. & Rosenblum, Larry S., 1992. "High-tech capital formation and labor composition in U.S. manufacturing industries : an exploratory analysis," Working papers 3414-92., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management.
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