abstract: 'This article empirically investigates the effect of structural

  transformation on wage inequality in Asia, using industry-level data for

  three skill groups of workers. While structural transformation,

  associated with technological progress, productivity catching-up, and

  capital deepening, has contributed to Asia''s sustained growth, its

  effect on income inequality remains uncertain. Our results show that the

  process of economic transformation has exacerbated inequality in the

  region by increasing the relative share of high-skilled workers in total

  compensation. This is mainly due to a shift toward more productive-and

  more intensive in the use of skilled labor-activities both within and

  between industries. However, we also find that policy responses,

  especially investments in education, mitigate the increase in

  inequality.'
affiliation: 'Sanfilippo, M (Corresponding Author), Univ Bari, Bari, Italy.

  Sanfilippo, M (Corresponding Author), Univ Antwerp, Inst Dev Policy \& Management,
  Antwerp, Belgium.

  Martorano, Bruno, Univ Sussex, Inst Dev Studies, Brighton, E Sussex, England.

  Park, Donghyun, Asian Dev Bank, Manila, Philippines.

  Sanfilippo, Marco, Univ Bari, Bari, Italy.

  Sanfilippo, Marco, Univ Antwerp, Inst Dev Policy \& Management, Antwerp, Belgium.'
author: Martorano, Bruno and Park, Donghyun and Sanfilippo, Marco
author-email: 'b.martorano@ids.ac.uk

  dpark@adb.org

  marco.sanfilippo@uantwerp.be'
author_list:
- family: Martorano
  given: Bruno
- family: Park
  given: Donghyun
- family: Sanfilippo
  given: Marco
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1093/icc/dtw039
eissn: 1464-3650
files: []
issn: 0960-6491
journal: INDUSTRIAL AND CORPORATE CHANGE
keywords-plus: 'WAGE INEQUALITY; TECHNOLOGICAL-CHANGE; DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES; TECHNICAL

  CHANGE; PANEL-DATA; TRADE; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR; GLOBALIZATION; GROWTH'
language: English
month: AUG
number: '4'
number-of-cited-references: '48'
pages: 555-570
papis_id: fd53268c74cb29d1851c2b2fb38cae6f
ref: Martorano2017catchingupstructural
times-cited: '4'
title: 'Catching-up, structural transformation, and inequality: industry-level evidence
  from Asia'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000407247900002
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '21'
volume: '26'
web-of-science-categories: Business; Economics; Management
year: '2017'