Human-capital investment and the wage gap

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 human-capital investments made by heterogeneous individuals. (orig.)Available from TIB Hannover: RN 6136(307) / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekSIGLEDEGerman