Endogenous Skill Biased Technical Change: Testing For Demand Pull Effect

Francesco Bogliacino and Matteo Lucchesex ()
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Matteo Lucchese

No 12618, Documentos de Trabajo, Escuela de Economía from Universidad Nacional de Colombia, FCE, CID

Abstract: In this article we use the unification of Germany in 1990 to test the hypothesis that an increase in the supply of a production factor generates skill biased technical change. We test for this mechanism in the context of the model presented by Acemoglu and Autor (2011) that allows endogenous assignment of skills to tasks in the economy. We use cohorts of workers from comparable countries as a control group. After discussing the possible confounding factors, we conclude that this effect is absent. The differential pattern among the countries seems to be determined by labor market flexibilization and tax reform.

Keywords: Skill Biased Technological Change; Polarization; Natural Experiment. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J31 O33 O52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35
Date: 2015-03-06
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