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2019
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CESifo Working Paper No. 7714
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Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
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This paper studies the origins and consequences of international technology gaps. I develop an endogenous growth model where R&D efficiency varies across countries and productivity differences emerge from firm-level technology investments. The theory characterizes how innovation and learning determine technology gaps, trade and global income inequality. Countries with higher R&D efficiency are richer and have comparative advantage in more innovation-dependent industries where the advantage of backwardness is lower and knowledge spillovers are more localized. I estimate R&D efficiency by country and innovation-dependence by industry from R&D and bilateral trade data. Calibrating the model implies technology gaps, due to cross-country differences in R&D efficiency, account for around one-quarter to one-third of nominal wage variation within the OECD.
Schlagwörter: 
technology gaps
trade
technology investment
Ricardian comparative advantage
international wage inequality
JEL: 
F11
F43
O14
O41
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