TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Egger, Hartmut
AU  - Grossmann, Volker
        TI  - Noncognitive Abilities and Within-Group Wage Inequality
        PY  - 2004/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 1024
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp1024
        AB  - This paper argues that endogenous restructuring processes within firms towards productivityenhancing
human resource activities, triggered by advances in information and
communication technologies (ICT) and rising supply of educated workers, are typically
associated with higher demand for noncognitive abilities. Consistent with the evolution of the
distribution of wages in advanced countries, this raises within-group wage inequality, possibly
accompanied by a decline or stagnation of between-group wage dispersion. The
mechanisms proposed in this research are consistent with empirical evidence on both the
evolution of work-force composition in firms and the complementarity between skill-upgrading,
new technologies and knowledge-based work organization.
        KW  - within-group wage inequality
KW  - human resource activities
KW  - noncognitive abilities
        ER  -