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Relative Wage Variation and Industry Location


Andrew B. Bernard


Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Stephen J. Redding


Princeton University; London School of Economics (LSE); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Peter K. Schott


Yale University - School of Management; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Helen Simpson


CMPO; Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
September 2003

Tuck Business School Working Paper No. 03-28; Yale SOM Working Paper No. ES-30

Abstract:     
Relative wages vary considerably across regions of the United Kingdom, with skill-abundant regions exhibiting lower skill premia than skill-scarce regions. This paper shows that the location of economic activity is correlated with the variation in relative wages. U.K. regions with low skill premia produce different sets of manufacturing industries than regions with high skill premia. Relative wages are also linked to subsequent economic development: over time, increases in the employment share of skill-intensive industries are greater in regions with lower initial skill premia. Both results suggest firms adjust production across and within regions in response to relative wage differences.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 27

Keywords: Deindustrialization, Relative Factor Prices, Diversification Cones

JEL Classification: F11, F14, C14

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Date posted: September 30, 2003  

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Bernard, Andrew B., Redding, Stephen J., Schott, Peter K. and Simpson, Helen, Relative Wage Variation and Industry Location (September 2003). Tuck Business School Working Paper No. 03-28; Yale SOM Working Paper No. ES-30. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=445620

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Andrew B. Bernard (Contact Author)
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Helen Simpson
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