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| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.creator | Chin, Aimee | - |
| dc.creator | Juhn, Chinhui | - |
| dc.creator | Thompson, Peter | - |
| dc.date | 2004 | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-10-16T07:11:06Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2013-10-16T07:11:06Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-10-16 | - |
| dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20551 | - |
| dc.identifier | ppn:460242628 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20551 | - |
| dc.description | Using a large, individual-level wage data set, we examine the impact of a major technological innovation – the steam engine – on skill demand and the wage structure in the merchant shipping industry. We find that the technical change created a new demand for skilled workers, the engineers, while destroying demand for workers with skills relevant only to sail. It had a deskilling effect on production work – able-bodied seamen (essentially, artisans) were replaced by unskilled engine room operatives. On the other hand, mates and ablebodied seamen employed on steam earned a premium relative to their counterparts on sail. A wholesale switch from sail to steam would increase the 90/10 wage ratio by 40%, with most of the rise in inequality coming from the creation of the engineer occupation. | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.publisher | - | |
| dc.relation | IZA Discussion paper series 1285 | - |
| dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | - |
| dc.subject | H52 | - |
| dc.subject | J62 | - |
| dc.subject | I21 | - |
| dc.subject | ddc:330 | - |
| dc.subject | wage inequality | - |
| dc.subject | skill premium | - |
| dc.subject | skill-biased technical change | - |
| dc.subject | Technischer Fortschritt | - |
| dc.subject | Lohnstruktur | - |
| dc.subject | Industrialisierung | - |
| dc.subject | Schifffahrt | - |
| dc.subject | Kanada: Atlantikküste | - |
| dc.title | Technical Change and the Wage Structure During the Second Industrial Revolution : Evidence from the Merchant Marine, 1865-1912 | - |
| dc.type | doc-type:workingPaper | - |
| Appears in Collections: | EconStor | |
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