http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/38807168

Technology and skill demand in Mexico

López-Acevedo investigates the effects of technology on the employment and wages of differently skilled Mexican manufacturing workers using firm panel data from 1992-99. She analyzes the relationship between technology and skill demand. Findings support the skill-biased technical change hypothesis. She then examines the temporal relationship of technology adoption to firm productivity and worker wages. The author finds that skilled labor increases after technology adoption. And wages of both skilled and semiskilled workers exhibit markedly increased growth rates compared with the growth rate of low-skilled workers. The results show that investment in human capital improves technology-driven productivity gains. This paper--a product of the Latin America and the Caribbean Region, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Sector Unit--is part of a larger effort in the region to reduce poverty and inequality through human capital investment. The author may be contacted at [email protected].

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