Using a unique nationally representative sample of U.S. establishments surveyed in both 1993 and 1996, we examine the relationship between workplace innovations and establishment productivity and wages. Using both cross-sectional and longitudinal data, we find evidence that high-performance...

Recently, the relative demand for skilled labor has increased dramatically. We investigate one of the causes, skill-biased technical change. Advances in information technology (IT) are among the most powerful forces bearing on the economy. Employers who use IT often make complementary...

This paper provides a conceptual framework for the emerging phenomenon of algorithmic man-agement and outlines some of the implications for work, from work organisation to working condi-tions (job quality). The paper defines algorithmic management as the use of computer-programmed procedures for...

How does the formation of cross-country teams affect the organization of work and the structure of wages? To study this question we propose a theory of the assignment of heterogeneous agents into hierarchical teams, where less skilled agents specialize in production and more skilled agents...

We propose a unified analytical framework to understand both the complementarity between computer use and innovative organisational practices and the selection principles that guide their diffusion at the work station level. We show that the common selection principles governing the allocation...