Skill-biased technological change: Is there hope for the unskilled?

被引:14
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作者
Weiss, Matthias [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Mannheim, MEA, D-68131 Mannheim, Germany
关键词
skill-biased technological change; wage inequality; factor substitution;
D O I
10.1016/j.econlet.2008.03.022
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
This paper presents a model in which perpetual skill-biased technological change does not lead to ever-increasing wage inequality. The model is consistent with the increase in wage inequality in the 1980s and the subsequent stabilization in the 1990s. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:439 / 441
页数:3
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