The Employment Effects of Technological Change Heterogenous Labor, Wage Inequality and Unemployment /

The labor markets of important OECD countries show a similar picture: high wages and low unemployment for skilled workers and low wages but high unemployment for low-skilled workers. During the last 10 years this fact has been studied under the hypothesis of "skill-biased technological change&q...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rubart, Jens (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
Series:Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, 593
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • The Empirics of Inequality and Institutions
  • Technological Change, the Labor Market, and Wage Inequality
  • Inequality and Employment: Basic Framework
  • Inequality and Employment Under Labor Market Frictions
  • Extensions
  • Conclusion.