Does unmeasured ability explain the wage premium associated with technological change?: Quantile regression analysis

Kang Shik Choi; Jinook Jeong

doi:10.1080/00036840500486565

Does unmeasured ability explain the wage premium associated with technological change? Quantile regression analysis

Kang Shik Choi, Jinook Jeong

Department of Economics

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Abstract

By using the quantile regressions of earnings equation, we find that the educational wage premium is higher in industries with rapid technological change than in industries with slower technological change at every decile in the distribution of wage residuals. The wage premium associated with the technological change is mostly explained by the returns to workers' unobserved heterogeneities, which are correlated with education, rather than the rents of high-tech industries.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1163-1171
Number of pages	9
Journal	Applied Economics
Volume	39
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840500486565
Publication status	Published - 2007 May

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Fund for Promoting Basic Research at the College of Business and Economics in Yonsei University.

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Economics and Econometrics

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