The paper investigates the effects of the drastic tariff reductions of the 1980s and 1990s in Colombia on the wage distribution. It identifies three main channels through which the wage distribution was affected: increasing returns to college education, changes in industry wages that hurt...

Many developing countries have experienced growing income inequality and an increase in the relative demand for skilled workers during the 1980s. The sources of this trend remain a puzzle. The paper examines whether investment and adoption of skill-biased technology have contributed to...