Cross country inequality trends
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Author
Contributions
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Economics - Contributor
Publication
2002 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, Cambridge, MA, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
10,500 words, Guess
Page Count
42 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivecrosscountryineq00acem
- OCLC Control Number51765338
- Open LibraryOL24639565M
Description
The economics profession has made considerable progress in understanding the increase in wage inequality in the U.S. and the UK over the past several decades, but currently lacks a consensus on why inequality did not increase, or increased much less, in (continental) Europe over the same time period. I review the two most popular explanations for these differential trends: that relative supply of skills increased faster in Europe, and that European labor market institutions prevented inequality from increasing. I argue that these two explanations go some way towards accounting for the differential cross-country inequality trends, but do not provide an entirely satisfactory explanation. In addition, it appears that relative demand for skills increased differentially across countries. Motivated by this reasoning, I develop a simple theory where labor market institutions creating wage compression in Europe also encourage more investment in technologies increasing the productivity of less-skilled workers, thus implying less skill-biased technical change in Europe than in the U.S. Keywords: Relative Supply of Skills, Returns to Education, Skill-Biased Technical Change, Technology Adoption, Wage Compression, Wage Inequality. JEL Classification: J30, J31.
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Series Statement
- Working paper series / Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics -- working paper 02-14
- Working paper (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Economics) -- no. 02-14.
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