Skill Premium in Chile: Studying Skill Upgrading in the South

Francisco Gallego

World Development, 2012, vol. 40, issue 3, 594-609

Abstract: I study whether the evolution of the relative demand for skilled workers is a consequence of international transmission of skill upgrading technologies from developed countries (in particular the US) to developing ones. Using data for Chile from 1960 to 2000, I present sectoral and macro evidence consistent with this hypothesis and that does not support alternative hypotheses related to trade theories emphasizing the role of price effects, trade in intermediate goods and outsourcing, or competition effects in tradable markets.

Keywords: wage premium; skill upgrading; trade openness; skill biased technical change; Chile; Latin America (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.07.009

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