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Nur noch Roboter und Selbstausbeutung? Über die Herausforderungen und Chancen der neuen Welt der Arbeit
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Unsere (Arbeits-)Welt scheint sich mit zunehmender Geschwindigkeit zu verändern. Der vorliegende Beitrag beschreibt zentrale Aspekte dieser Entwicklung und diskutiert ihre voraussichtlichen Auswirkungen auf Arbeit und Beschäftigung. Der Wandel ist weltweit spürbar und Roboter und Maschinen...
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Job Protection Legislation and Productivity Growth in OECD Countries
Bassanini, Andrea; Nunziata, Luca; Venn, Danielle - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper examines the impact of employment protection legislation on productivity in the OECD, using annual cross …-country aggregate data on the degree of regulations and industry-level data on productivity from 1982 to 2003. We adopt a "difference …-in-differences" framework, which exploits likely differences in the productivity effect of dismissal regulations in different industries. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761997
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Structural Development Accounting
Gancia, Gino A; Müller, Andreas; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We construct and estimate a unified model combining three of the main sources of cross-country income disparities: differences in factor endowments, barriers to technology adoption and the inappropriateness of frontier technologies to local conditions. The key components are different types of...
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Die Zukunft der Arbeit und der Wandel der Arbeitswelt
Eichhorst, Werner; Buhlmann, Florian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Die Zukunft der Arbeit wird vom technischen Fortschritt, der Globalisierung, dem demographischen Wandel und institutionellen Veränderungen geprägt. Daraus entwickelt sich in Fortschreibung jüngerer Entwicklungen eine vielfältige Arbeitswelt mit erheblichen Unterschieden der...
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The Division of Labour, Worker Organisation, and Technological Change
Borghans, Lex; Weel, Bas ter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
establishments in the period 1990-1996 suggest that productivity gains have been the main determinant for shifts in the division of … labour within most firms. These productivity gains have induced skill upgrading, while in firms gaining mainly from improved …
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Technical Progress and Early Retirement
Ahituv, Avner; Zeira, Joseph - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
This Paper claims that technical progress induces early retirement of older workers. It supports this claim both theoretically and empirically. We present a model where part of human capital is technology-specific, so that technical progress erodes some existing human capital. This affects...
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The Skill Complementarity of Broadband Internet
Akerman, Anders; Gaarder, Ingvil; Mogstad, Magne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Does adoption of broadband internet in firms enhance labor productivity and increase wages? And is this technological … examine how it shifts the production technology and changes the productivity and labor outcomes of different types of workers …. We find that broadband adoption favors skilled labor by increasing its relative productivity. The increase in …
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Inequality and Specialization: The Growth of Low-Skill Service Jobs in the United States
Autor, David; Dorn, David - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
automation. We find that in labor markets that were initially specialized in routine-intensive occupations, employment and wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005039640
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The "Dynamic" of Job Competition during the ICT Revolution
Chéron, Arnaud; Langot, Francois; Moreno-Galbis, Eva - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
productivity. When simulated the model manages to reproduce the U-shaped path followed by the ability requirements needed in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763792
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Restructuring Production and Work
Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
The paper analyses the contemporary organizational restructuring of production and work and derives some salient implications for the labour market. The analysis focuses on the switch from occupational specialization at 'Tayloristic' organizations to multi-tasking at 'holistic' organizations....
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