Essays about: "Skill-Biased Technological Change"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Skill-Biased Technological Change.
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1. Female Labor Supply and Earnings Inequality Under Skill-Biased Technological Change
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : The gender education gap has reversed, women today account for the majority of college graduates. At the same time, skill-biased technological change strongly rewards highly-educated workers through the increased skill premium. In this thesis, I analyze the implications of combining these two facts through a heterogeneous agent model using U.S. READ MORE
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2. Labor income inequalities in Swedish municipalities 1991-2017 : A study on regional effects and possible origins
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)Abstract : Income inequalities have become a matter of major concern following reports that the working class and lower middle class of developed economies have income levels that are falling behind. Few studies have been conducted on the regional level even though this perspective might better capture the development of income inequalities, since national averages might hide local differences. READ MORE
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3. Skill-Biased Technological Change: Distributional and Political Implications
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : In this paper we synthesize theories on skill-biased technological change and political economy in order to understand the relationship between the widespread diffusion of information and communications technologies, the changes in the structure of the income distribution and the reduced levels of redistributive policies, witnessed since the 1970s. We construct a heuristic model where changes in relative supply and demand for skilled and unskilled labour, induced by skill-biased technological change, affect the distribution of income, the incentives and opportunities to organize politically and thus the relative power between different groups in society. READ MORE
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4. Labor market patterns in offshoring-receiving countries: Evidence from Poland
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : Labor markets in highly industrialized countries in Western Europe and the United States have polarized over the last decades, which means that the share of middle-income occupations has decreased relative low- and high-income occupations. Two potential explanations for this are routine-biased technological change (RBTC) and offshoring, which both are expected to reduce middle-income occupations in highly industrialized countries. READ MORE
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5. Can Theories of Skill-Biased Technological Change Explain the Evolution of Wage Inequality in Finland since 1970?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Wage inequality has increased in many OECD countries since the 1970s. Many have explained this development in terms of skill-biased technological change. READ MORE
