Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/21165 
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Year of Publication: 
2001
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 310
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper attempts to add to the understanding of the causes for the differing recent developments in inequality in OECD countries. The similarity of shocks and technological changes affecting these countries suggests that interactions of these shocks and countryspecific institutions are responsible for the diverging inequality patterns. The paper suggests a channel complementary to those investigated in recent contributions, focusing on the impact of education. A microfoundation of human capital formation is proposed, emphasizing heterogeneity of individuals and multidimensionality of human capital. The reactions in individual behavior triggered by technological change are crucially affected by the education system and are shown to be responsible for the divergent developments in inequality.
Subjects: 
Inequality
ability biased technological change
education system
human capital formation
JEL: 
J31
O30
E20
J30
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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