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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2003
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
Discussion Papers No. 364
Verlag: 
Statistics Norway, Research Department, Oslo
Zusammenfassung: 
In recent decades new technology has led to increasing demand for well-educated labour at the expense of labour with lower education levels. Moreover, increased imports from low-cost countries have squeezed out many Norwegian manufacturing firms employing a sizeable share of workers with low education. In this article a large macroeconomic model for Norway (MODAG) is used to quantify the importance that technological developments and competition from low-cost countries have had for the economy and for low- and high-educated labour. The results show that above all technological developments, but also increased trade with low-cost countries, have reduced demand for low-educated labour relative to well-educated labour. Wage formation factors have however meant a) that technological developments have also benefited those with low education who still hold a job, and b) that a relative fall in prices on goods from poor parts of the world has kept down wage differentials.
Schlagwörter: 
Skill-bias technological change
international trade
centralized wage setting
inequality
labour demand
macroeconometric model.
JEL: 
E24
E27
F16
O33
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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