This paper reviews the characteristics and magnitude of information technology (IT) outsourcing as well as studies its labor productivity effects with a representative sample of Finnish businesses. Depending on the IT task in question, on average from one-third to two-thirds of IT has been...

Wer sich des Leitbild-Begriffs bedient, stößt sehr schnell auf eine spürbare Diskurs-Differenz. Einerseits greift dieser Begriff in den unterschiedlichsten Verwendungskontexten rasant Raum, andererseits steht dieser zunehmenden Kontextvielfalt eine mangelnde Begriffspräzision gegenüber. Aus...

New technologies like computers alter skill requirements. This paper explores two related effects of computers on older workers, who use computers less. The evolution of computer use in the Current Population Survey suggests that impending retirement reduces the incentive of older workers to...

We study the impact of office and computing machinery (OCM) on the demands for workers with different educational levels. The empirical analysis relies on a system of demand equations that nests the translog, the generalised Leontief and the normalised quadratic specifications. Using panel data...