Skill Bias magnified: Identifying the role of international technology diffusion*

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Schulte, Patrick
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-1996
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2021.103442
• 发表日期: 2021
• 关键词: Advanced and emerging economies; distance; Industry-level data; Input-output linkages; Skill-biased technical change; technology diffusion

摘要

This paper studies whether innovations underlying skill-biased technical change diffuse internationally and thereby contribute to the increasing skill demand and inequality in other countries. Using a new empirical framework and sectoral data for a panel of 40 emerging and developed countries, 25 industries and the period from 1995 to 2007, the analysis shows that technology diffusion is statistically and economically important in explaining skill-biased technical change. The results hold for both advanced and emerging economies, as well as in several robustness checks. (c) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.