Table 6 Effects of wage disparities on the distribution of labor skills (by industry groups).

From: Effects of global trade integration on skill polarization and wage disparity

Variable

High-tech industry

Low-tech industry

(1)

M-skillt

(2)

Sd-skillt

(3)

M-skillt

(4)

Sd-skillt

\(\mathop{\Delta }\limits^{\frown {}}\)1t−1

−0.0792

(0.1217)

−0.0713

(0.0606)

−0.0427*

(0.0238)

−0.0233

(0.0451)

\(\mathop{\Delta }\limits^{\frown {}}\)2t−1

0.3172*

(0.1832)

0.1371***

(0.0481)

0.1091***

(0.0093)

0.0456*

(0.0238)

Urban fixed effect

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Year fixed effect

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Observations

665

665

665

665

Adjusted R square

0.0587

0.0801

0.2035

0.1537

  1. Values in brackets are standard errors, * and *** indicate significance levels of 10% and 1% respectively.