With whom do you trade? Defensive innovation and the skill-bias

被引:2
作者
Dutt, Pushan [1 ]
Traca, Daniel [1 ]
机构
[1] NOVA Sch Business & Econ, Lisbon, Portugal
来源
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS-REVUE CANADIENNE D ECONOMIQUE | 2010年 / 43卷 / 04期
关键词
F14; F16; J31; PROPERTY-RIGHTS; PATENT RIGHTS; UNITED-STATES; LABOR; GLOBALIZATION; TECHNOLOGY; PROTECTION;
D O I
10.1111/j.1540-5982.2010.01611.x
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
P>We examine whether increased trade with countries with ineffective protection of intellectual property has contributed to the skill-deepening of the 1980s. We construct an index of effective protection of intellectual property at the country level, combining data on protection of patents and rule of law. Next, we construct an industry-specific version of this index, using as weights each country's trade share in the total trade of the industry. We find a decline in this trade-weighted index, owing to a rise in trade with countries with low effective protection of intellectual property, which explains 29% of the rise in within-industry skill-intensity.On se demande si un commerce accru avec des pays qui ont une protection inefficace de leur propriete intellectuelle a contribue a une demande de travail qualifie accrue dans les annees 1980. On construit un indice de la protection effective de la propriete intellectuelle au niveau du pays, combinant des donnees sur la protection des brevets et l'etat de droit. Ensuite, on construit une version de cet indice au niveau des industries specifiques, utilisant comme ponderation les parts du commerce de chaque pays dans le commerce total de l'industrie. On note un declin dans cet indice pondere par l'importance du commerce international (attribuable a un accroissement du commerce avec les pays qui ont une protection effectivement faible de la propriete intellectuelle) qui explique 29% de l'accroissement dans l'intensite du travail qualifie a l'interieur de l'industrie.
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页码:1198 / 1220
页数:23
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