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| Author: | Kiley, M. |
| Title: | The supply of skilled labour and skill-biased technological progress |
| Journal: | Economic Journal
1999 : OCT, VOL. 109:458, p. 708-724 |
| Index terms: | ECONOMICS SKILLED WORKERS LABOUR |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper presents a model in which the adoption of skill-biased or "unksilled-biased" technologies is endogenous. In this model of endogenous technology choice, an increase in the supply of skilled labour leads to a temporary fall in the skill premium, followed by an expanding gap between the wages of skilled and unskilled workers as technologies adjust towards the more skill-intensive mix appropriate for the greater skill of the workforce. |
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