Occupational Labour Demand and the Sources of Non-neutral Technical Change
This article introduces a two-step empirical approach for examining both the nature and sources of non-neutral technical change across multiple occupations. First, conventional labour-demand parameter estimates and unbiased tests for neutrality are obtained in the context of a flexible cost system. The resulting input-specific indices of technical change, unconstrained with respect to time path, facilitate subsequent evaluation of proposed sources. In our application to employment decisions of airline firms, we find labour-saving technical change that is non-neutral across occupations. We also document occupation-specific responses to aircraft technology adoption, route system developments and an unprecedented range of technical change elements. Copyright 2006 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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2006
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Authors: | Chan, Wing H. ; Rich, Daniel P. |
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Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. - Department of Economics, ISSN 0305-9049. - Vol. 68.2006, 1, p. 23-43
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Department of Economics |
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