Market concentration and the relative demand for college-educated labour

IF 1.6 3区 经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS Economica Pub Date : 2023-11-15 DOI:10.1111/ecca.12504
Anders Akerman
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If large firms employ relatively more educated workers, will an increase in market concentration increase income inequality by raising the relative demand for skill? I use Swedish employer–employee data from 1997–2016 and find a strong correlation between firm size and the share of college-educated (‘skilled’) workers. An increase in a sector's market concentration is correlated with a higher skilled wage premium and higher relative employment of skilled workers. This is due mainly to the reallocation of workers across firms. I demonstrate how these findings can be explained by a model of heterogeneous firms where productivity and skill intensity are positively correlated.

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市场集中度和对受过大学教育的劳动力的相对需求
如果大公司雇佣的受过教育的工人相对较多,那么市场集中度的提高是否会通过提高对技能的相对需求而加剧收入不平等?我利用瑞典 1997-2016 年的雇主-雇员数据,发现企业规模与受过大学教育("技能")的工人比例之间存在很强的相关性。一个行业市场集中度的提高与更高的技能工资溢价和更高的技能工人相对就业率相关。这主要是由于工人在企业间的重新分配。我演示了如何通过生产率和技能密集度正相关的异质企业模型来解释这些发现。
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Economica
Economica ECONOMICS-
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期刊介绍: Economica is an international journal devoted to research in all branches of economics. Theoretical and empirical articles are welcome from all parts of the international research community. Economica is a leading economics journal, appearing high in the published citation rankings. In addition to the main papers which make up each issue, there is an extensive review section, covering a wide range of recently published titles at all levels.
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