Wage inequality and directed technological change: Implications for income distribution

Autor: Giuseppe Scellato, Cristiano Antonelli
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 141:59-65
ISSN: 0040-1625
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2019.01.016
Popis: •The paper provides a review of the literature on the determinants of wage differences between small and large firms.•The technological choices of firms are at the same time the explanation and the result of wage differentials.•The increasing levels of income inequality are influenced by the capital intensive direction of technological change.•The paper explores the implications of the results to understanding the dynamics of income inequality.
Databáze: OpenAIRE