Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
Working Paper Series,
Research Institute of Industrial Economics
No 640: Factor Supplies and the Direction of Technical Change
Helena Svaleryd () and Jonas Vlachos ()
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Helena Svaleryd: The Research Institute of Industrial Economics, Postal: P.O. Box 55665, SE-102 15 Stockholm, Sweden
Jonas Vlachos: The Research Institute of Industrial Economics, Postal: P.O. Box 55665, SE-102 15 Stockholm, Sweden
Abstract: In this paper, we empirically address the hypothesis that there is a relationship between the supply of human capital and the rate and direction of skill-biased technical change (SBTC). Using country- and industry-level data on OECD countries, we find R&D to be positively related to the supply of human capital. There is, however, no indication that this translates into higher rates of SBTC, when SBTC is measured as changes in the wage bill share of skilled labor. Interestingly, both R&D and the rate of SBTC seem to be relatively high in low-skill industries in countries where the supply of human capital is relatively high.
Keywords: Skilled-biased Technical Change; Supply of Human Capital
22 pages, May 12, 2005
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