Meschi, Elena; Taymaz, Erol; Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
In this paper we report evidence on the relationship between trade openness, technology adoption and relative demand … for skilled labour in the Turkish manufacturing sector, using firm-level data over the period 1980-2001. In a dynamic …, results suggest that trade openness and technology play a key role in shifting the demand for labour towards more skilled …