Arbeitspapier
Does skill-biased technical change diffuse internationally?
This paper studies the question whether skill-biased technical change diffuses internationally and that way contributes to the increasing relative skill demand in other countries. So far, the role of skill-biased technology diffusion has hardly been studied empirically. Using new sectoral data for a panel of 40 emerging and developed countries, 30 industries (covering manufacturing and service industries) and 13 years (1995-2007), the analysis shows that skill-biased technology diffusion is statistically and economically important in explaining skill-biased technical change. Countries further away from the skill-specific technological frontier subsequently show higher skill-specific productivity growth. For that, the bilateral distance between two countries proves to be an important mediating factor, whereas intersectoral trade linkages, so far, explain only a small part of it. The main results hold for both, developed and emerging countries.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 15-088
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Trade and Labor Market Interactions
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
Input-Output Models
- Subject
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skill-biased technical change
technology diffusion
distance
inputoutput linkages
industry-level data
emerging and developed countries
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Schulte, Patrick
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
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Mannheim
- (when)
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2015
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-405187
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Schulte, Patrick
- Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
Time of origin
- 2015