Trade, technology and skills: Evidence from Turkish microdata

Elena Meschi, Erol Taymaz and Marco Vivarelli ()

Labour Economics, 2011, vol. 18, issue S1, S60-S70

Abstract: In this paper we report evidence on the relationship between trade openness, technology adoption and the relative demand for skilled labour in the Turkish manufacturing sector, using firm-level data over the period 1980–2001. In a dynamic panel data setting, using a unique database comprising data from 17,462 firms, we estimate an augmented cost share equation whereby the wage bill share of skilled workers in a given firm is related to international exposure and technology adoption.

Keywords: Globalisation; Technology transfer; Skills; Panel data; GMM-SYS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F16 O15 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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Working Paper: TRADE, TECHNOLOGY AND SKILLS: EVIDENCE FROM TURKISH MICRODATA (2010)
Working Paper: Trade, Technology and Skills: Evidence from Turkish Microdata (2009)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2011.07.001

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