Scale-independent technological-knowledge bias, human-capital accumulation and gender inequality

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2013

Authors

Óscar Afonso (Author) FEP

Journal

Title: Metroeconomica

Vol. 64 No. 1

Pages: 125-151

ISSN: 0026-1386

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 2 Citations

ISI Web of Science

Scopus - 1 Citation

Econlit

Scientific classification

FOS: Social sciences > Economics and Business

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-002-12W

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-999X.2012.04168.x

Abstract (EN): We present a dynamic, non-scale general-equilibrium model with female and male human capital where Schumpeterian R&D and human-capital accumulation are the engines of growth and gender wage inequality. Gender wage inequality is encouraged by changes in relative supply and relative demand of both human-capital types. Relative supply restricts the levels of employed human capital. Relative demand is affected by the technological-knowledge bias, which is driven by the price channel and is affected by human-capital accumulation. In particular, the female-premium per unit of human capital and per worker increases when the observed discrimination against women decreases or is removed.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific