Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/35287 
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Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 3379
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper reviews the literature on two-sided atomeless assignment models of workers to tasks. Using simple parametric examples, the fundamental differences between the comparative advantage and the scale of operations models are illustrated. Holding the distributions of abilities and tasks and the production function of worker-task pairs constant, the two principles are shown to produce different wage distributions and wage inequality. These models are useful to evaluate the general equilibrium effect of technical change on the wage structure. In all models, skilled-biased technical change that impacts the production function of worker-task pairs lead to rising wage inequality.
Subjects: 
Assignment models
wage structure
technical change
JEL: 
D3
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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