Cross-country inequality trends

被引：129

作者：

Acemoglu, D ^{[1
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机构：

[1] MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA

来源：

ECONOMIC JOURNAL | 2003年 / 113卷 / 485期

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D O I：

10.1111/1468-0297.00100

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

I review the two Most Popular explanations for the differential trends in wage inequality in US/UK and Europe: that relative supply of skills increased faster in Europe, and that European labour market institutions prevented inequality from increasing. Although these explanations go some way towards accounting for the differential cross-country inequality trends, it also appears that relative demand for skills increased differentially across Countries. I develop a simple theory where labour market institutions creating wage compression in Europe also encourage more investment in technologies increasing the productivity of less-skilled workers, implying less skill-biased technical change in Europe than the US.

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页码：F121 / F149

页数：29

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