The Sector Bias of Skill-biased Technical Change and the Rising Skill Premium in Transition Economies

Arbeitspapier

In this paper we test the hypothesis that the sector bias of skill-biased technical change is important in explaining the rising relative wage of skilled workers in the manufacturing sector in three Central and Eastern European transition countries. The evidence for Hungary and Poland is consistent with the sector bias being important in explaining the rising wage premium; the hypotheses is however not confirmed for the Czech Republic.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: wiiw Working Paper ; No. 43

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Existence and Stability Conditions of Equilibrium ; Computable General Equilibrium Models ; Trade and Labor Market Interactions ; Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
• Subject: skill premium ; factor prices ; biased technical change ; transition

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Esposito, Piero ; Stehrer, Robert
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw)
• (where): Vienna
• (when): 2007

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/203908
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET