Human-capital investment and the wage gap

Jürgen Meckl; Stefan Zink

According to empirical studies, the relation between the relative wage of skilled workers and their relative supply is U-shaped. This finding is explained by the effect of technological change on the incentives for humancapital investments made by heterogeneous individuals. -- Wage inequality ; human-capital investment

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Year of publication:	2000
Authors:	Meckl, Jürgen ; Zink, Stefan
Publisher:	Konstanz : Univ., Fachber. Wirtschaftswiss., Rechts-, Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungswiss. Sektion
Subject:	Theorie \| Theory \| Lohnstruktur \| Wage structure \| Bildungsinvestition \| Human capital investment \| Technischer Fortschritt \| Technological change \| Qualifikation \| Occupational qualification \| Bildungsökonomik \| Economics of education

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Extent:	9 S. 30 cm
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader Literaturverz. S. 9
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/68943 [Handle]
Classification:	I21 - Analysis of Education ; J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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