Investment-specific technological change, skill accumulation, and wage inequality
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- Hui He & Zheng Liu, 2008. "Investment-Specific Technological Change, Skill Accumulation, and Wage Inequality," Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics, vol. 11(2), pages 314-334, April.
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- E25 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Aggregate Factor Income Distribution
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2006-09-16 (Business Economics)
- NEP-DGE-2006-09-16 (Dynamic General Equilibrium)
- NEP-HRM-2006-09-16 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-KNM-2006-09-16 (Knowledge Management and Knowledge Economy)
- NEP-LAB-2006-09-16 (Labour Economics)
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