SBTC versus trade: testing skill-premia evidence across 25 OECD countries

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2010

Authors

Alexandre Almeida (Author) FEP; Óscar Afonso (Author) FEP

Journal

Title: Applied Economics Letters

Vol. 17 No. 15

Pages: 1497-1501

ISSN: 1350-4851

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 5 Citations

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Scopus - 6 Citations

Econlit

Scientific classification

FOS: Social sciences > Economics and Business

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-003-A4T

DOI: 10.1080/13504850903049601

Abstract (EN): The recent widening of intra-country wage inequality in favour of high-skilled labour has been attributed by some authors to Skill-Biased Technological Change (SBTC) and by others to International Trade (IT) liberalization. As few empirical studies have tried to assess both explanations across a comprehensive sample of countries, we analyse the impact of both explanations within a unified framework and across 25 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries. Results suggest that the SBTC (IT) explanation dominates in developed (developing) countries and when intra-country wage inequality is measured by the wage ratio of college-to-lower (upper)-secondary graduates.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 5