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The World Technology Frontier

Caselli, Francesco, Coleman, Wilbur John·2006·American Economic Review
DOI 10.1257/aer.96.3.499
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We study cross-country differences in the aggregate production function when skilled and unskilled labor are imperfect substitutes. We find that there is a skill bias in cross-country technology differences. Higher-income countries use skilled labor more efficiently than lower-income countries, while they use unskilled labor relatively and, possibly, absolutely less efficiently. We also propose a simple explanation for our findings: rich countries, which are skilled-labor abundant, choose technologies that are best suited to skilled workers; poor countries, which are unskilled-labor abundant, choose technologies more appropriate to unskilled workers. We discuss alternative explanations, such as capital-skill complementarity and differences in schooling quality.

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Authors
Caselli, F., & Coleman, W. J.
Venue
American Economic Review
Publisher
American Economic Association
Published
2006-05-01
Volume
96
Issue
3
Pages
499-522
ISSN
0002-8282 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1257/aer.96.3.499
OpenAlex
W3121915608
Cited by
676
References
70
FWCI
84.41
Type
journal article
Language
en
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