Technology and the Wage Structure

This article reports direct evidence on how technological change is related to changes in wage gaps by schooling, experience, and gender. Wage gaps by schooling increased the most in industries with rising R&D intensity and accelerating growth in the capital‐labor ratio. Estimates of their relat...

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Published in:Journal of labor economics 2001-04, Vol.19 (2), p.440-483
Main Author: Allen, Steven G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business cycles
Coefficients
College graduates
Computers
Earnings
Economic theory
Employment
Gender
Human capital
Impact analysis
Industrial growth
Industrial machinery
Industrial sectors
Labour economics
Manufacturing
Personal computers
R&D
Research & development
Research and development
Schooling
Skilled workers
Studies
Technological change
Technology
Wage differential
Wage differentials
Wage rates
Wage structure
Wages
Wages & salaries
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Summary:This article reports direct evidence on how technological change is related to changes in wage gaps by schooling, experience, and gender. Wage gaps by schooling increased the most in industries with rising R&D intensity and accelerating growth in the capital‐labor ratio. Estimates of their relationship to high‐tech capital are inconclusive. Contrary to popular notions that technological change harms older workers, wage growth of experienced workers is much greater in R&D‐intensive industries than in industries with little R&D activity. The gender gap narrowed more in industries that most intensively used high‐tech capital in 1979.
ISSN:0734-306X
1537-5307
DOI:10.1086/319567