Using a large, individual-level wage data set, we examine the impact of a major technological innovation - the steam engine - on skill demand and the wage structure in the merchant shipping industry. We find that the technical change created a new demand for skilled workers, the engineers, while...

"Using a large, individual-level wage data set, we examine the impact of a major technological innovation -- the steam engine -- on skill demand and the wage structure in the merchant shipping industry. We find that the technical change created a new demand for skilled workers, the engineers,...

Using a large, individual-level wage data set, we examine the impact of a major technological innovation the steam engine on skill demand and the wage structure in the merchant shipping industry. We find that the technical change created a new demand for skilled workers, the engineers, while...

Using a large, individual-level wage data set, we examine the impact of a major technological innovation the steam engine on skill demand and the wage structure in the merchant shipping industry. We find that the technical change created a new demand for skilled workers, the engineers, while...

The primary mode of transport in world global trade is through Maritime Sector. 90% of global transport is sea based (UNCTAD, 2021). In India 90% of India's trading by volume and 70% by value is done through maritime transport (Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, 2021). Further Gujarat...

The paper explores gender wage gap as well as educational level, work experience and age in the Hellenic maritime companies by utilizing the European Structure of Earnings Surveys of 1995 and 2002. The nonparametric statistical analysis used shows that even though the male female wage...

We explore theoretically and empirically the within-route price discrimination in liner shipping and condition it on the market density. Using transaction-level data from over 200 Chilean import port-to-port routes, we confirm our theoretical predictions and demonstrate their robustness and...