Many technologies used by the LDCs (less developed countries) are developed in the OECD economies, and as such, are designed to make optimal use of the skills of these richer countries' workforces. Due to differences in the supply of skills, some of the tasks performed by skilled workers in the...

In the standard model of human capital with perfect labor markets, workers pay for general training. When labor market feictions compress the structure of wages, firms may invest in the general skills of their employees. The reason is that the d istortion in the wage structure turns...