Skill-biased technical change in US manufacturing: a general index approach

Baltagi, Badi H.; Rich, Daniel P.

doi:10.1016/j.jeconom.2004.05.013

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“…Additionally between 1979 and 1995, college or equivalent graduates wage shares' rise 25% more comparing to high school and equivalent graduate workers. Baltagi and Rich (2005) investigate the changes of shares of the workers for production and nonproduction between 1959 and 1996 for the US manufacturing industry and found results consistent with the SBTC hypothesis. Autor et al (2006) investigated the changes in wage structure in the USA for the last 15 years.…”

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Skill-Biased Technological Change Hypothesis with Different Market Structures: The Case of Turkish Manufacturing Industries

Güven¹,

Turanli²

2014

Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the skill biased technological change (SBTC) hypothesis using 1985(SBTC) hypothesis using -2001 data from Turkish manufacturing industries. The role of market structure in this process will also be explored. Market structure will be proxied by concentration ratios in industries. This paper contributes to the literature in two different ways. Firstly, this is the first study to empirically test SBTC hypothesis for Turkey. Secondly, and more important is to incorporate market structure into the investigation of the SBTC hypothesis. The results from this study are as follows: (i) wage differentials have a positive and significant effect on productivity; (ii) this effect does not differ importantly between low and high concentration ratios. ÖzBu çalışmanın amacı, beceri yanlı teknolojij gelişme hipotezini (BYTG) ve piyasa yapısının bu süreçteki rolünü Türk imalat sanayiinden derlenen veriler ile 1985-2001 dönemi için incelemektir. Piyasa yapısını temsilen endüstri yoğunlaşma oranları kullanılmıştır. Çalışma literature iki açıdan katkı sağlamaktadır. İlkin, BYTG hipotezi ilk defa Türkiye için test edilmektedir. İkincisi ve daha önemlisi BYTG hipotezi piyasa yapısı göz önünde bulundurularak ilk kez incelenmektedir. Çalışmadan elde edilen sonuçlar (i) ücret eşitsizliğinin verimlilik üzerinde pozitif ve anlamlı etkisi olduğunu göstermektedir; (ii) bu etki düşük ve yüksek yoğunlaşma oranına sahip endüstriler için önemli oranda farklılaşmamaktadır.

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confidence: 71%

Skill-Biased Technological Change Hypothesis with Different Market Structures: The Case of Turkish Manufacturing Industries

Güven¹,

Turanli²

2014

Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi

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“…Most studies use the share of ICT (information and communication technology) capital stock or expenditure on R&D to measure technological change, or particularly SBTC. Due to the unavailability of data, we follow Baltagi and Rich (2005) and use the time trends to account for technological change.…”

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Trade Linkages and Skill Demand: Empirical Evidence for the Malaysian Electrical and Electronics Industries

2018

JEM

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This article empirically investigates whether trade linkages have any contribution to skill upgrading in the Malaysian electrical and electronics (E&E) firms by using establishment level data. The richness of data provided by Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) enable us to explore the direct impact of each aspect of trade linkages, including exports of goods, imported inputs (outsourcing), and foreign ownership (FDI). More crucially, this research analyse the effects of the modern trade pattern, i.e. vertical trade which would best capture the current trend in the Malaysian E&E sector-high overlap in exports and imported inputs. The skill demand is analysed using dynamic skill share demand equation and GMM (generalised method of moments) estimator addresses both the endogeneity and firm fixed effect. Contrary to previous studies, results suggest that export and outsourcing do not significantly contribute to skill upgrading in Malaysian E&E establishments within the period under study. Plus, vertical trade and foreign share have significant negative impact on relative demand for skilled workers. These findings provide evidence that vertical trade as well as the presence of multinational corporations (MNCs) are associated with skill downgrading in Malaysian E&E sector. Empirical evidence does not uphold the conventional wisdom of the beneficial effects of trade especially ultra-vertical or export processing trade on skill upgrading.

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“…A suitable method to estimate such systems is Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR). Since value shares sum to using, the sum of the disturbances across any three equations is zero at all observations (Baltagi, 2005). Hence, to avoid singularity of the covariance matrix any one of the four share equations can be dropped, i.e., three can be estimated and the forth is automatically determined (Kant and Nautiyal, 1997).…”

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Trend of Technological Change in Iran's Petrochemical Industry

Dashti¹,

Kordlouie²

2012

IJEF

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Nowadays, using appropriate technologies in order to make production economic and increase productivity of producing factors can be resulted optimized factors employing and also production enhancement in factories. Technological change is considered as one of the main factors of productivity growth. In this paper we have studied on the trend and bias of technological change in Iran's petrochemical industry by econometric approach from 1979 to 2008. We estimated a translog cost function in addition to equations system of cost share, using Seemingly Unrelated Regressions (SUR) approach. The results show that the rate of technological change has been -0.974 percent during the studied years. It means that there is a decrease in rate of cost of productive units during that period. Furthermore, the results indicate that technological change has been biased towards the use of more labor and material, while capital and energy have been saved.

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Skill-biased technical change in US manufacturing: a general index approach

Cited by 35 publications

References 26 publications

Skill-Biased Technological Change Hypothesis with Different Market Structures: The Case of Turkish Manufacturing Industries

Skill-Biased Technological Change Hypothesis with Different Market Structures: The Case of Turkish Manufacturing Industries

Trade Linkages and Skill Demand: Empirical Evidence for the Malaysian Electrical and Electronics Industries

Trend of Technological Change in Iran's Petrochemical Industry

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