Human-capital investment and the wage gap

Meckl, Jürgen; Zink, Stefan

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Title:

Human-capital investment and the wage gap

Authors:

Meckl, Jürgen
Zink, Stefan

Year of Publication:

2000

Series/Report no.:

Diskussionsbeiträge - Serie I No. 307

Publisher:

Universität Konstanz, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Konstanz

Abstract:

According to empirical studies, the relation between the relative wage of skilled workers and their relative supply is U-shaped. This finding is explained by the effect of technological change on the incentives for humancapital investments made by heterogeneous individuals.

Subjects:

Wage inequality
human-capital investment

JEL:

I21
J31

Document Type:

Working Paper

Appears in Collections:

Diskussionsbeiträge, Serie I: Volkswirtschaftliche Beiträge, Universität Konstanz

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