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"Why do new technologies complement skills? Directed technical change and wage inequality"

by Acemoglu, D (1998)

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A high proportion of skilled workers in the labor force implies a large market size for skill- complementary technologies, and encourages faster upgrading of the productivity of skilled workers. As a result, an increase in the supply of skills reduces the skill premium in the short …

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