We modify the standard trade model introducing the possibility of biased technological changes. This model help to explain the falling labor shares as well as the mixed changes in skill premium in developing countries after trade liberalization takes place

In this paper I provide a new explanation for the increasing inequality between skilled and unskilled. This work introduces a problem solving based model in which agents invest in technological innovations to solve problems and sell their solutions in the market. Each agent has feasible set they...

I provide evidence about the effects of induced biased technical change as a main determinant of solar and wind energies adoption. This study presents an empirical framework based on an input demand function for electricity production. Implementing this model helps us to understand what is...

What happens to workers of the fossil fuels industry if an energy transition takes place? Even though an energy transition is one of the main objectives in the flght against climate change, it carries several economic and social costs, especially as it has heterogeneous effects on different...

This paper offers a theoretical framework to understand the coevolution of social interactions and long-term economic growth. It begins by considering that most traditional societies did not have educational markets. Thus, access to the required knowledge for transiting to a modern economy had...

Developing a database that includes 59 countries, our study sheds light on the role of mobile telecommunications markets' concentration on countries' competitiveness.Performing several estimations and using an instrumental variable that aims to explain the degree of concentration in mobile phone...