• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: SCALE‐INDEPENDENT TECHNOLOGICAL‐KNOWLEDGE BIAS, HUMAN‐CAPITAL ACCUMULATION AND GENDER INEQUALITY
  • Beteiligte: Afonso, Oscar
  • Erschienen: Wiley, 2013
  • Erschienen in: Metroeconomica, 64 (2013) 1, Seite 125-151
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-999x.2012.04168.x
  • ISSN: 0026-1386; 1467-999X
  • Schlagwörter: Economics and Econometrics
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  • Beschreibung: ABSTRACTWe present a dynamic, non‐scale general‐equilibrium model with female and male human capital where Schumpeterian R&D and human‐capital accumulation are the engines of growth and gender wage inequality. Gender wage inequality is encouraged by changes in relative supply and relative demand of both human‐capital types. Relative supply restricts the levels of employed human capital. Relative demand is affected by the technological‐knowledge bias, which is driven by the price channel and is affected by human‐capital accumulation. In particular, the female‐premium per unit of human capital and per worker increases when the observed discrimination against women decreases or is removed.