scholarly journals The endogenous skill bias of technical change and wage inequality in developing countries

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (8) ◽  
pp. 1101-1121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Behar
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Wage Inequality ◽  
Technical Change ◽  
Skill Bias

scholarly journals Why Has Urban Inequality Increased?

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathaniel Baum-Snow ◽  
Matthew Freedman ◽  
Ronni Pavan
Keyword(s):  
Production Function ◽  
Wage Inequality ◽  
Strong Evidence ◽  
Technical Change ◽  
Agglomeration Economies ◽  
Unskilled Labor ◽  
Skill Bias ◽  
Urban Inequality

This paper examines mechanisms driving the more rapid increases in wage inequality in larger cities between 1980 and 2007. Production function estimates indicate strong evidence of capital–skill complementarity and increases in the skill bias of agglomeration economies in the context of rapid skill-biased technical change. Immigration shocks are the source of identifying variation across cities in changes to the relative supply of skilled versus unskilled labor. Estimates indicate that changes in the factor biases of agglomeration economies rationalize at least 80 percent of the more rapid increases in wage inequality in larger cities. (JEL J24, J31, O33, R23)

scholarly journals DOES OPENNESS REDUCE WAGE INEQUALITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES? PANEL DATA EVIDENCE FROM BANGLADESH

2012 ◽  
Vol 57 (02) ◽  
pp. 1250012 ◽  
Author(s):  
FARZANA MUNSHI
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Theoretical Prediction ◽  
Trade Liberalization ◽  
Dynamic Model ◽  
Wage Inequality ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Openness To Trade

This paper provides panel data evidence on trade liberalization and wage inequality in Bangladesh. Estimates from a dynamic model for five major manufacturing industries spanning the 1975–2002 period suggest that the effect of increased openness to trade is associated with a decrease in wage inequality. The result is in line with the theoretical prediction in that greater openness is expected to reduce wage inequality in developing countries.

Environmental policy, firm dynamics and wage inequality in developing countries

2018 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 70-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mong Shan Ee ◽  
Chi-Chur Chao ◽  
Xiangbo Liu ◽  
Eden S.H. Yu
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Wage Inequality ◽  
Firm Dynamics
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