[ Changements Technologiques Biaisés en Faveur des Compétences: Cas des Pays en Développement ]
Volume 1, Issue 2, May 2014, Pages 51–62
Sirine MNIF1
1 Département des Sciences Economiques, Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Sfax/Université Rennes 2-Haute Bretagne, Tunisia/France
Original language: French
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Our work deals with the relationship between inequality and technological changes. In particular, we focus on the transmission channels through which technological innovations affect inequality. The objective of this work is to determine the effects of the diffusion of innovations on the demand for labor of different skills. We are interested in the notion of technological bias and the role of inequality between different workers. Empirical validation of this work is based on Dynamic Panel. Our model tests the impact of technological change and capital on unequal access to employment and tests the hypothesis of skills biased Technological Change. An estimate by the Arellano and Bond method seems more relevant. A positive relationship between innovation and demand for skilled labor and a negative relationship between innovation and demand for unskilled labor seems to be confirmed for developing economies. Furthermore, complementarity between capital or technologies and skilled labor also seems to be confirmed for the same sample.
Author Keywords: Technological changes, inequality in access to employment, Biased Technology, complementarity between capital and skilled labor, GMM.
Volume 1, Issue 2, May 2014, Pages 51–62
Sirine MNIF1
1 Département des Sciences Economiques, Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Sfax/Université Rennes 2-Haute Bretagne, Tunisia/France
Original language: French
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Our work deals with the relationship between inequality and technological changes. In particular, we focus on the transmission channels through which technological innovations affect inequality. The objective of this work is to determine the effects of the diffusion of innovations on the demand for labor of different skills. We are interested in the notion of technological bias and the role of inequality between different workers. Empirical validation of this work is based on Dynamic Panel. Our model tests the impact of technological change and capital on unequal access to employment and tests the hypothesis of skills biased Technological Change. An estimate by the Arellano and Bond method seems more relevant. A positive relationship between innovation and demand for skilled labor and a negative relationship between innovation and demand for unskilled labor seems to be confirmed for developing economies. Furthermore, complementarity between capital or technologies and skilled labor also seems to be confirmed for the same sample.
Author Keywords: Technological changes, inequality in access to employment, Biased Technology, complementarity between capital and skilled labor, GMM.
Abstract: (french)
Notre travail traite la relation entre l'inégalité et les Changements Technologiques. Plus particulièrement, nous nous intéressons aux canaux de transmission par lesquels les innovations technologiques touchent l'inégalité. L'objectif de ce travail est de déterminer les effets de la diffusion des innovations sur la demande de main-d'œuvre de différentes qualifications. Nous nous intéressons à la notion du biais technologique et au rôle des inégalités entre les differents travailleurs. La validation empirique de ce travail se base sur la technique des données de Panel Dynamique. Notre modèle teste l'impact du Changement Technologique et du capital sur l'inégalité d'accès à l'emploi et vérifie l'hypothèse des Changements Technologiques Biaisés en faveur des Compétences. Une estimation par la méthode d'Arellano et Bond parait plus pertinente. Une relation positive entre l'innovation et la demande du travail qualifié et une relation négative entre l'innovation et la demande du travail non-qualifié semblent être confirmées pour un échantillon d'économies en développement. Par ailleurs, une complémentarité entre le capital et le travail qualifié ou entre les technologies et les compétences semble aussi être confirmée pour ce même échantillon
Author Keywords: Changements Technologiques, inégalité d'accès à l'emploi, Technologie biaisée, complémentarité entre capital et travail qualifié, MMG.
How to Cite this Article
Sirine MNIF, “Skills Biased Technological Changes: Case of developing Countries,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 51–62, May 2014.
