Inequality and technological change

We study how technological change affects between‐ and within‐education‐group inequality in the United States. We develop a model with heterogeneous workers and firms in which the demand for skills is characterized by firms' recruiting behavior. We use the model to quantify the relative contrib...

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Published in:Quantitative economics 2024-05, Vol.15 (2), p.427-451
Main Authors: Macera, Manuel, Tsujiyama, Hitoshi
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Competition
Decomposition
E24
Education
Educational attainment
firm productivity dispersion
frictional labor markets
I24
Inequality
J23
J24
J31
Labor market
Labor productivity
Manufacturers
Recruitment
Skilled workers
Skills
skill‐biased technological change
sorting
Technological change
Wages & salaries
Workers
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subjects Competition
Decomposition
E24
Education
Educational attainment
firm productivity dispersion
frictional labor markets
I24
Inequality
J23
J24
J31
Labor market
Labor productivity
Manufacturers
Recruitment
Skilled workers
Skills
skill‐biased technological change
sorting
Technological change
Wages & salaries
Workers
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