Paper #764

Título:

Long-run substitutability between more and less educated workers: Evidence from U.S. States 1950-1990

Autores:

Antonio Ciccone y Giovanni Peri

Data:

Junio 2004

Resumen:

We estimate the aggregate long-run elasticity of substitution between more and less educated workers (the slope of the demand curve for more relative to less educated workers) at the US state level. Our data come from the (five)1950-1990 decennial censuses. Our empirical approach allows for state and time fixed effects and relies on time and state dependent child labor and compulsory school attendance laws as instruments for (endogenous) changes in the relative supply of more educated workers. We find the aggregate long-run elasticity of substitution between more and less educated workers to be around 1.5.

Palabras clave:

Elasticity of Substitution, Education, U.S. States, Skill Biased Technological Change

Códigos JEL:

J3, R1, O3

Área de investigación:

Macroeconomía y Economía Internacional

Publicado en:

The Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 87, No. 4 , pp. 652-663, November 2005

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