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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

New Evidence on the Returns to Job Skills

  • Katharine G. Abraham
  • James R. Spletzer
American Economic Review
vol. 99, no. 2, May 2009
(pp. 52–57)
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Citation

Abraham, Katharine G., and James R. Spletzer. 2009. "New Evidence on the Returns to Job Skills." American Economic Review, 99 (2): 52–57. DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.2.52

JEL Classification

  • E24 Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital
  • J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
  • J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials