Relative wages and trade-induced changes in technology

Abstract

We develop a model where trade liberalization leads to skill-biased technological change, which in turn raises the relative return to skilled labor. When …rms get access to a larger market, the relative pro…tabil-ity of di¤erent technologies changes so that the relative pro…tability of the more skill-intensive technology increases. As the composition of …rms changes to one with predominantely skill-intensive …rms, the relative demand for skilled labor increases. This way, we establish a link between trade, technology and relative returns to skilled and unskilled labor.

Import competition from and offshoring to China: A curse or blessing for firms?

“…First, some scholars have stressed the complementarity between trade and technology. Trade liberalization may alter the returns from different technologies and induce skill-biased technological change and skill upgrading (Wood, 1998;Acemoglu, 2003;Ekholm and Midelfart, 2005;Bloom et al, 2011). Furthermore, Aghion et al (2005) stress the importance of the link between product market competition and innovation.…”

A simple model of firm heterogeneity, international trade, and wages

“…4 While the model presented in this paper is novel in that firm heterogeneity is generated by the interaction between trade costs, the characteristics of competing technologies, and the existence of worker skill heterogeneity, there are at least two papers that contain similar components. The first is Ekholm and Midelfart Knarvik (2001), who consider the effect of trade and technology choice in a reciprocal dumping setting with two homogeneous 1 See for instance, Jensen (1997, 1999). That this phenomenon appears in developing countries buttresses the argument that exporters are different from non-exporters.…”

Doğrudan Yabancı Yatırımlar ve Ücretler: Türkiye Ekonomisi İçin Bir Uygulama

“…Ayrıca işgücünün niteliğine göre doğrudan yabancı yatırımların ücretler üzerine farklı etkilerinin olduğu görülmüştür. Çoğu çalışmada DYYların vasıflı işgücünün ücretlerini artırdığı sonucuna ulaşılmışken (Cragg, Epelbaum, 1995;Ekholm, Midelfart, 2005), bazı çalışmalarda vasıflı çalışanların göreli ücretlerini azalttığı sonucuna ulaşılmıştır (Das, 2002).…”

“…1996, Driffield, Girma, 2003Feliciano, Lipsey, 2006). Literatürdeki bu farklı bulgular DYY-ücret ilişkisinin yönünün ülke, yatırım tipi, sektör, işgücünün niteliği gibi etkenlere bağlı olarak değiştiğini öngörmüştür (Cragg, Epelbaum, 1995;Ekholm, Midelfart, 2005, Das, 2002.…”