What May Have Caused the Relative Demand for U

question 46

Multiple Choice

What may have caused the relative demand for U.S.
Nonproduction workers to increase during the 1980s?

• A)declines in the rate of U.S.technological change
• B)skilled­biased technological change
• C)increased production of import­competing goods
• D)declines in the rate of U.S.technological change and skilled­biased technological change

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