Can skill-biased technological change compress unemployment rate differentials across education groups?

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Population Economics
Year: 2001
Volume: 14
Issue: 4
Pages: 651-667

Score contribution per author:

2.018 = (α=2.02 / 1 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Our aim is to explain why the pattern of relative unemployment rates by education groups was non monotonic in most of the OECD countries. In a two-sector matching model, a simple unexpected productivity shock biased against unskilled labor can replicate the observed dynamics. Demographic effects of skill-biased shocks can be related to inequality in the distribution of wealth.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:spr:jopoec:v:14:y:2001:i:4:p:651-667
Journal Field
Growth/Demographic
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-25