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The Sector Bias of Skill-biased Technical Change and the Rising Skill Premium in Transition Economies
By: Stehrer, Robert
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Contributor(s): Esposito, Piero.
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BookSeries: wiiw Working Papers: 43Publisher: Wien : Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw), 2007Description: S., 30cm.Subject(s): skill premium | factor prices | biased technical change | transitionCountries covered: Czechia | Hungary | Poland | Visegrad countrieswiiw Research Areas: Sectoral studiesClassification: C62 | C68 | F16 | O33 Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: 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.
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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.
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