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

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2010

Autores

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

Revista

Título: Applied Economics Letters

Vol. 17 Nº 15

Páginas: 1497-1501

ISSN: 1350-4851

Editora: Taylor & Francis

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 5 Citações

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Scopus - 6 Citações

Econlit

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências sociais > Economia e gestão

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: 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.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 5