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Wage Inequality and the Contribution of Capital, Differential Labor Quality and Efficiency to Economic Growth in Korea, 1965-2007

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dc.contributor.authorKwack, Sung Yeung-
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-05T01:02:03Z-
dc.date.available2012-03-05T01:02:03Z-
dc.date.issued2012-01-
dc.identifier.citationSeoul Journal of Economics, Vol.25 No.1, pp. 1-23-
dc.identifier.issn1225-0279-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10371/75316-
dc.description.abstractWe show that skilled and unskilled labors are imperfect substitutes

and that capital and skilled labor are complementary in production.

The Korean economy has experienced skill-biased technical

changes. The capital stock growth is found to be the main source of

the economic growth. The contribution of the efficiency and labor

input growth of skilled workers is the second most important source.

The rate of contribution of TFP growth to GDP growth has increased

from 27% in 1991-1996 to 36% in 2001-2007. This paper shows

that Koreas policy of educating its workforce has boosted productivity

and growth and it prevented a widening in wage inequality.
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dc.language.isoen-
dc.publisherInstitute of Economic Research, Seoul National University-
dc.subjectWage inequality-
dc.subjectLabor efficiency-
dc.subjectSkill-biased technological change-
dc.subjectTFP-
dc.subjectKorea-
dc.titleWage Inequality and the Contribution of Capital, Differential Labor Quality and Efficiency to Economic Growth in Korea, 1965-2007-
dc.typeSNU Journal-
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthor곽성영-
dc.citation.journaltitleSeoul Journal of Economics-
dc.citation.endpage23-
dc.citation.number1-
dc.citation.pages1-23-
dc.citation.startpage1-
dc.citation.volume25-
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