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dc.contributor.authorGuadalupe, Mariaen
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T16:21:27Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T16:21:27Z-
dc.date.issued2005-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/21332-
dc.description.abstractThis paper shows that increasing product market competition can have a direct impact on theemployment relationship and on wage inequality. I develop a simple model in which anincrease in product market competition increases returns to skill through the effect ofcompetition on the sensitivity of profits to cost reductions. I then show empirically that relativewages increase with competition using a large panel of United Kingdom workers withcomplete work histories. I identify the impact of competition on returns to skill in the panel,using two exogenous measures of competition provided by two quasi-natural experiments.Quantile regressions indicate that increased competition also raised returns to unobservedability.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x1556en
dc.subject.jelD21en
dc.subject.jelL22en
dc.subject.jelJ33en
dc.subject.jelJ31en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordwage structureen
dc.subject.keywordreturns to skillen
dc.subject.keywordproduct market competitionen
dc.titleProduct Market Competition, Returns to Skill and Wage Inequality-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn483558907en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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