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Changes in Returns to Task-Specific Skills and Gender Wage Gap

Shintaro Yamaguchi
Journal of Human Resources, January 2018, 53 (1) 32-70; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.53.1.1214-6813R2
Shintaro Yamaguchi
Shintaro Yamaguchi is an associate professor of economics at The University of Tokyo.
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