Measuring Impact of Increase in High-Skilled Workers on the Livelihoods of Medium- and Low-Skilled Workers
By: Aleksey M. Martynyuk
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 2015
Place of publication: [New York, N.Y.?]
Language: eng
Description: This paper assesses the impact of high-skilled labor on the unemployment and wages of low- and medium-skilled workers in the Netherlands. Using annual panel data from the Netherlands’ Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (National Bureau of Statistics, CBS), a statistically significant negative impact of an increase in high-skilled labor on the livelihoods of low- and medium-skilled workers can be shown. An increase in high-skilled labor is associated with a significant decrease in the income share of the bottom tenth percentile of the population as well as a decrease in jobs for the low- and medium-skilled workers. The data reveals a significant negative effect on the bottom 60 percent of earners and a disproportionate increase in the earnings share of the top 30 percent. This development can be explained by job market dynamics. Every high-skilled worker that enters the labor market displaces medium- and low-skilled workers into lower paid positions.
Notes: Department: Urban Planning.

Thesis advisor: Lance M. Freeman.

Thesis (M.S.)--Columbia University, 2015.