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| Author: | Haskel, J. |
| Title: | Small firms, contracting-out, computers and wage inequality: evidence from UK manufacturing |
| Journal: | Economica
1999 : FEB, VOL. 66:261, p. 1-22 |
| Index terms: | COMPANIES COMPUTERS PAY |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | What demand-size and institutional factors raised the skilled wage premium over the 1980s in UK manufacturing? Using a panel of 80 industries over 1980-9, we find that (1) the average skill premium rose by around 13 percentage points; (2) computer introduction explains around 50% of this rise; (3) the growth in small firms and in contracting-out together explain around 20% of the rise; and (4) the fall in unionization explains around 15% of the rise. |
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