Earnings Inequality and Skill-Biased Technological Change with Endogenous Choice of Education

Arpad J. Abraham ()

Journal of the European Economic Association, 2008, vol. 6, issue 2-3, pages 695-704

Abstract: This article analyzes the impact of stochastic skill-biased technological change on earnings inequality in a general equilibrium OLG model. Wage dispersion is determined by the heterogeneity of skills by allowing for productivity differences due to education, ability, and age. The model performs well in reproducing stylized facts on the time pattern of the U.S. wage distribution and human capital accumulation. In particular, it shows that slow adjustment of the supply of educated labor can itself explain the nonmonotonic time pattern of the college premium. (JEL: D31, J24, J31) (c) 2008 by the European Economic Association.

JEL-codes: D31 J24 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008

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