경제의 대외개방도 증가가 숙련 및 미숙련 부문의 고용에 미치는 영향 = Economic Openness and Labor Allocation between Skilled and Less-skilled Sectors

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This paper consists of two parts. The first part introduces a simple endogenous growth model. It is based on Romer(1990), but extends the original model by incorporating individual workers skill heterogeneity. Based on the heterogeneity, the model has a labor allocation mechanism between skilled (research) and unskilled (production) sectors. Different from Romer(1990), the labor allocation is determined by both demand and supply conditions of the economy. The endogenous growth model presented in this paper shows how the shape of the distribution of human capital affects on the labor allocation, hence on the employment structure, wage profile and economic growth. The model can be extended to an open economy. With the heterogeneity, the extended model explains distributional effect as well as growth effect of the economic openness.
The second part provides empirical evidence in support of the extension part of the model presented in the first part. Based on the endogenous growth framework as proposed by Romer(1990) and Rivera-Batiz and Romer(1991), the model explains how economic openness affects labor allocation between skilled and unskilled sectors. According to the model, economic openness can affect labor allocation through two channels; knowledge spillover and specialization. First, the openness promotes knowledge spillover and hence increases the productivity of workers in the skilled sectors. This makes the economy employs more workers in the skilled sector. On the other hand, the openness causes global specialization which leads more employment in the skilled sector for the developed countries but at the same time, leads less employment in the skilled sector for the developing countries since the developing countries have comparative advantages in the unskilled sector. The empirical results obtained using cross country panel data in this paper support these two effects of knowledge spillover and specialization.

국문 초록 (Abstract)

본 논문은 경제의 개방화 진전이 고용구조에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지에 대한 주제를 다루고 있다. 이를 위해 본 논문은 경제주체의 이질성(heterogeneity)을 가미하여 Romer(1990)의 내생적 성장모형을 확장하였다. 이와 같은 이질성에 기반하여 본 모형은 한 경제의 고용구조(숙련 및 미숙련 부문의 상대적 고용의 크기)가 숙련노동의 수요 및 공급 조건에 따라 어떻게 결정되는지를 설명한다.
본 모형은 폐쇄경제에 기반하고 있으나 개방경제의 경우로 확장 가능하다. 개방경제의 경우로 확장된 모형에 따르면, 경제의 개방화 진전은 다음과 같은 두 가지 경로를 통해 고용구조에 영향을 미친다. 하나는 생산특화(specialization)를 통한 경로로서 개방경제하에서 각국은 비교우위에 기반하여 부문별 생산량을 결정하는데, 이에 따라 부문별 노동수요가 결정되고 이는 고용구조에 영향을 미치게 된다. 다른 하나는 지식확산(knowledge spillover)을 통한 경로로서 경제의 개방화 진전은 지식확산을 촉진하는데, 이는 부문별 노동생산성에 영향을 미치고 따라서 고용구조에도 영향을 미치게 된다.
21개국의 국제패널자료를 이용하여 실증분석해 본 결과, 경제의 개방화 진전은 상기한 모형이 설명하는 바와 같이 위의 두 가지 경로를 통해 고용구조에 영향을 미침을 확인할 수 있었다.

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