What Drove Relative Wages in France? Structural Decomposition Analysis in a General Equilibrium Framework, 1970–92

Sebastien Jean and Olivier Bontout
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Olivier Bontout: Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

Chapter 7 in Trade, Investment, Migration and Labour Market Adjustment, 2002, pp 115-136 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Various causes have been invoked to explain the recent evolutions of skilled to unskilled relative wages in industrialised countries. The five most important ones are probably: changes in factor supplies, modifications of consumption patterns, institutional changes, technical change and international trade. In spite of the abundant literature on the subject, it remains difficult to know the precise contribution of each of these determinants.

Keywords: Technical Change; Trade Intensity; Skilled Labour; Unskilled Worker; Wage Inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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