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100			_aHavranek, Tomas _9123763
245		0	_aPublication and Attenuation Biases in Measuring Skill Substitution
260			_bThe Review of Economics and Statistics
260			_c2024
300			_a1187-1200
520			_aA key parameter in the analysis of wage inequality is the elasticity of substitution between skilled and unskilled labor. We show that the empirical literature is consistent with both publication and attenuation bias in the estimated inverse elasticities. Publication bias, which exaggerates the mean reported inverse elasticity, dominates and results in corrected inverse elasticities closer to zero than the typically published estimates. The implied mean elasticity is 4, with a lower bound of 2. Elasticities are smaller for developing countries. To derive these results, we use nonlinear tests for publication bias and model averaging techniques that account for model uncertainty.
650			_a Attenuation Biases _9123764
650			_a Publication Bias _9123765
650			_a Skill Substitution _9123766
650			_a Wage Inequality _9105705
650			_aElasticities _9113851
700			_a Irsova, Zuzana _9123767
700			_a Laslopova, Lubica _9123768
700			_a Zeynalova, Olesia _9123769
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01227
999			_c134590 _d134590