Skill premium in Portuguese manufacturing industries

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2018

Authors

Nogueira, MC (Author) Other; Óscar Afonso (Author) FEP; Soukiazis, E (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Applied Economics Letters

Vol. 25

Pages: 1015-1018

ISSN: 1350-4851

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 3 Citations

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00N-YTP

DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2017.1391993

Abstract (EN): The debate between the skill-biased technological change (SBTC) approach and the international trade (IT) explanation to obtain the best explanation for the wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers continues. In this article, we divide the Portuguese manufacturing industries into high-tech and low-tech and study the approach that best justifies the wage gap, for the period between 2007 and 2014. The results point out that the SBTC approach is the main explanation to the formation the wage gap between the labour force with tertiary education (skilled) and with secondary and primary education (unskilled).

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 4