The demand for skills and the labor cost in partner countries: evidence from the enlarged EU

Alessia Lo Turco; Aleksandra Parteka

The demand for skills and the labor cost in partner countries: evidence from the enlarged EU

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We analyse the consequences of trade integration in Europe (1995-2005) detecting how thelabor costs in partner countries affects the demand for domestic high- and low-skilled labor inthe EU-15 (Old) and five New member states. In general, independently on the skill level, the resultshint at complementarity between domestic and foreign labor. However, the demand for thehigh skilled in New EU members' low skill intensive sectors is boosted by the increase of theaverage labor cost in Old EU members. It suggests that the high skilled employed in these setors inNew member countries substitute for labor in Old EU countries.

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Alessia Lo Turco
Aleksandra Parteka dr hab. inż.

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Category:: Articles
Type:: publikacja w in. zagranicznym czasopiśmie naukowym (tylko język obcy)
Published in:: Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali - working papers pages 1 - 35,
ISSN: 2385-2755
Title of issue:: Quaderni di Ricerca. strony 1 - 35
Language:: English
Publication year:: 2010
Bibliographic description:: Lo Turco A., Parteka A.. The demand for skills and the labor cost in partner countries: evidence from the enlarged EU. Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali - working papers, 2010, , nr. No 348, s.1-35
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