Elasticity of substitution and productivity, capital and skill intensity differences across firms
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This paper, instrumented with six theorems, shows that differences between firms in labor productivity, capital intensity and relative demand for skilled labor can be explained by differences in the substitution parameters between capital, skilled and unskilled labor in the presence of skill biased technical change. D 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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