Skill-biased technica1 change, educational choice、and labor market polarizatjon:the U. S. versus Europe
Skill-biased technica1 change, educational choice、and labor market polarizatjon:the U. S. versus Europe
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技能偏向的技术变革、教育选择和劳动力市场两极分化：美国与欧洲
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10.1007/s10888-012-9223-6
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2013
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Ryosuk Okazawa
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Ken Yamamoto;Yoshihiro Yamazaki;吉原大輔;澤村美幸;吉原大輔;吉原大輔;澤村美幸;吉原大輔;澤村美幸;吉原大輔;澤村美幸;吉原大輔;澤村美幸(供著);Ryosuk Okazawa
本文分析了近期技术变革对劳动力市场的影响，并解释了发达国家之间观察到的工资不平等差异。我们特别关注美国和欧洲大陆不平等现象之间的差异。许多研究表明，过去三十年美国的工资不平等现象加剧。另一方面，欧洲大陆的工资不平等现象几乎没有变化。通过将人力资本投资引入 Acemoglu 的模型（Am Econ Rev 89:1259–1278, 1999），我们表明前同质经济体将具有不同的工资分配。人力资本投资与企业招聘策略之间的战略互补性产生了存在多重均衡的可能性，这解释了美国和欧洲之间工资分配的差异。此外，我们还发现税收或教育制度的差异可以解释美国和欧洲之间工资分配的差异。
This paper analyzes the effect of recent technical change on the labor market and explains the observed differences in wage inequality among advanced countries. In particular, we focus on the difference between the inequality in the U.S. and in continental Europe. Many studies have indicated a rise in wage inequality in the U.S. over the past three decades. On the other hand, there has been little change in wage inequality in continental Europe. By introducing human capital investment into the model by Acemoglu (Am Econ Rev 89:1259–1278, 1999), we show thatex antehomogeneous economies would have distinctex postwage distribution. The strategic complementarity between human capital investment and firms’ hiring strategies yields the possibility that multiple equilibria exist, which explains the difference in wage distribution between the U.S. and Europe. In addition, we show that differences in tax or education systems can explain the difference in wage distribution between the U.S. and Europe.