Federico Trionfetti

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Federico Trionfetti

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Factor proportions, factor intensities, and the skill premium
Venue

IBD Salle 21

Îlot Bernard du Bois - Salle 21

AMU - AMSE
5-9 boulevard Maurice Bourdet
13001 Marseille

Date(s)
Thursday, October 12 2017| 12:30pm to 1:15pm
Contact(s)

Ugo Bolletta: ugo.bolletta2[at]unibo.it
Mathieu Faure: mathieu.faure[at]univ-amu.fr

Abstract

Using a model that features biased heterogeneity, factor proportions, and labour market frictions, I obtain four results: (1) firm-level skill premium increases in the skill intensity of the industry; (2) firm-level skill premium may be higher (not lower) in the skill abundant country; (3) general equilibrium effects driven by factor proportions push the average skill premium upward in the skill intensive industry and in the skill abundant country; (4) the skill premia are more evenly distributed in the skill intensive industry and in the skill abundant country. These results run counter to the prediction of factor proportion models.