This paper studies whether innovations underlying skill-biased technical change diffuse internationally and thereby contribute to the increasing skill demand and inequality in other countries. Using a new empirical framework and sectoral data for a panel of 40 emerging and developed countries, 25 industries and the period from 1995 to 2007, the analysis shows that technology diffusion is statistically and economically important in explaining skill-biased technical change. The results hold for both advanced and emerging economies, as well as in several robustness checks.

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技能偏见被放大：确定国际技术传播的作用

本文研究了以技能为导向的技术变革背后的创新是否在国际范围内扩散，从而导致其他国家技能需求的增加和不平等。该分析采用新的实证框架和 1995 年至 2007 年期间 40 个新兴国家和发达国家、25 个行业的部门数据，表明技术扩散在解释偏向于技能的技术变革方面具有统计学和经济上的重要意义。该结果适用于发达经济体和新兴经济体，也适用于多项稳健性检查。