IMPORTED SKILL-BIASED TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
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عنوان ژورنال: The Developing Economies
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0012-1533
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1049.2010.00121.x