Shifts and Twists in the Relative Productivity ofSkilled Labor

Skill-biased technical change is usually interpreted in terms of the efficiency parameters ofskilled and unskilled labor. This implies that the relative productivity of skilled workerschanges proportionally in all tasks. In contrast, we argue that technical changes also affectthe curvature of the distribution of relative productivity...

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Year of publication:	2007-03-01
Authors:	Dupuy, Arnaud ; Marey, Philip S.
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Produktivität \| output \| Abgrenzung \| selection

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Extent:	403456 bytes 36 p. application/pdf
Series:	IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Discussion Papers IZA Discussion Paper ; No. 2694 (2007)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	J20 - Time Allocation; Work Behavior; Employment Determination and Creation. General ; J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc ; O30 - Technological Change; Research and Development. General ; O40 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity. General ; Ergonomic job analysis ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; No country specification
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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