A Macroeconomic perspective on skill shortages and the skill premium in New Zealand
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- Weshah A. Razzak & Jason C. Timmins, 2008. "A Macroeconomic Perspective On Skill Shortages And The Skill Premium In New Zealand," Australian Economic Papers, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 47(1), pages 74-91, March.
- Razzak, Weshah & Timmins, Jason, 2007. "A Macroeconomic perspective on skill shortages and the skill premium in New Zealand," MPRA Paper 1886, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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Keywords
Skill-bias technical change; skill premium; the exchange rate;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
- O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HRM-2008-01-12 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LAB-2008-01-12 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-MAC-2008-01-12 (Macroeconomics)
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