INNOVATIONS TECHNOLOGIQUES, MOBILITE ET DEMANDE DE LA MAIN D’ŒUVRE QUALIFIEE: UNE ANALYSE AU NIVEAU DES INDUSTRIES TUNISIENNES
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS, MOBILITY AND DEMAND FOR SKILLED LABOR: AN ANALYSIS OF INDUSTRIES AT TUNISIAN

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to discover the effect of technological innovations diffusion on skilled-labour demand in the case of developing countries (especially in Tunisia). This research presents three originalities. The first takes into considerations the adjustment costs. The second originality depends on the innovation measurement. The third originality is due to the nature of used data. The econometric research shows the existence of skill-biased technical change that favour the industries demand of managers. These later are supposed the most skilled-labour. In addition to this effect, they complement the capital rather than the manual workers, who are supposed unskilled- labour.

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