Trade, Technology and Changes in Employment of Skilled Labour in Swedish Manufacturing

Pär Hansson ()

No 131, Working Paper Series from Trade Union Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: The paper investigates the shift in demand towards more skilled labour in Swedish manufacturing during the last two decades. Two competing hypotheses to explain this shift are examined: skilled-biased technical change and increased international competition.

Keywords: skilled labour; skilled-biased technical change; international competition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F11 J21 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 1996-03-15
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Published in Technology and International Trade, Fagerberg, Jan, Hansson, Pär, Lundberg, Lars, Melchior, Arne (eds.), 1997, chapter 12, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.

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