Trade, technology, and the rise of the service sector: The effects on US wage inequality
Trade, technology, and the rise of the service sector: The effects on US wage inequality
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贸易、技术和服务业的崛起：对美国工资不平等的影响
DOI：
10.1016/j.jinteco.2007.06.003
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发表时间：
2008
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Bernardo S. Blum
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作者：
Bernardo S. Blum
本文采用多部门版的李嘉图-维纳国际贸易模型，实证量化技术变革、国际贸易、经济部门构成变化和其他因素对美国工资溢价的影响。本文的主要发现是，经济部门构成的变化是工资差距扩大背后最重要的力量，在1970年至1996年期间，技术工人工资的相对增长中约有60%是由行业构成的变化造成的。从本质上讲，资本被重新分配到与熟练工人相对互补的部门。
This paper uses a multi-sector version of the Ricardo–Viner model of international trade to quantify empirically the effects of technological changes, international trade, changes in the sectoral composition of the economy, and other factors on the US wage premium. The main finding of the paper is that changes in the sectoral composition of the economy were the most important force behind the widening of the wage gap, accounting for about 60% of the relative increase in wages of skilled workers between 1970 and 1996. In essence, capital was reallocated to sectors where it is relatively complementary to skilled workers.