The development of production, prices and employment in the EU electrical industry between the mid-1970s and the mid … observed decline of the employment share of low-skilled workers. The direct effect of increased import competition on relative … employment seems to be small, except for the case of consumer electronics. Apparently, adjustment strategies induced by …

In recent publications it has been argued that the change of the skill structure of industrial employment is caused by … impact on the skill structure of domestic employment in favor of skilled labor. The empirical evidence for German …