Technical Change and Polarization of the Labor Market: Evidence for Brazil, Colombia and Mexico

Borradores de Economia
Number: 
614
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
J3, D3, O3
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy
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