Skill Intensity Reversal and the Rising Skill Premium: Evidence from the U.S. and Mexico
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- Kurokawa, Yoshinori, 2011. "Is a skill intensity reversal a mere theoretical curiosum? Evidence from the US and Mexico," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 112(2), pages 151-154, August.
- Yoshinori Kurokawa, 2009. "Is a Skill Intensity Reversal a Mere Theoretical Curiosum? Evidence from the U.S. and Mexico," Tsukuba Economics Working Papers 2009-010, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba.
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Keywords
Heckscher-Ohlin model; Skill intensity reversal; Rising skill premium; U.S.; Mexico;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F16 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Labor Market Interactions
- F11 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Neoclassical Models of Trade
- F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
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