The Sector Bias of Skill-biased Technical Change and the Rising Skill Premium in Transition Economies

In this paper we test the hypothesis that the sector bias of skill-biased technical change is important in explaining the rising relative wage of skilled workers in the manufacturing sector in three Central and Eastern European transition countries. The evidence for Hungary and Poland is consistent with the sector bias being important in explaining the rising wage premium; the hypotheses is however not confirmed for the Czech Republic.

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Year of publication:	2007-05
Authors:	Esposito, Piero ; Stehrer, Robert
Institutions:	Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche, wiiw
Subject:	skill premium \| factor prices \| biased technical change \| transition

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	wiiw Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Published as wiiw Working Paper Number 43
Classification:	C62 - Existence and Stability Conditions of Equilibrium ; C68 - Computable General Equilibrium Models ; F16 - Trade and Labor Market Interactions ; O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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