Trade, Technology and Changes in Employment of Skilled Labour in Swedish Manufacturing
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The paper investigates the shift in demand towards more skilled labour in Swedish manufacturing during the last two decades. Two competing hypotheses to explain this shift are examined: skilled-biased technical change and increased international competition.Download Info
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Paper provided by Trade Union Institute for Economic Research in its series Working Paper Series with number 131.Length: 27 pages
Date of creation: 15 Mar 1996
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Publication status: Published in Technology and International Trade, Fagerberg, Jan, Hansson, Pär, Lundberg, Lars, Melchior, Arne (eds.), 1997, chapter 12, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Handle: RePEc:hhs:fiefwp:0131
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Keywords: skilled labour; skilled-biased technical change; international competition;Find related papers by JEL classification:
- F11 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Neoclassical Models of Trade
- J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
- O33 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change; Research and Development; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
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