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flow into R&D, thereby decreasing the skill-bias of technology. The reduction in the minimum wage has spill-over effects on …
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good fraction of this inequality growth is due to technology-related increases in the demand for skilled workers … clerks, leaving the demand for the lowest skilled service tasks largely unaffected. Finally, I argue that technology is …
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We examine trends in wage inequality in the US and other countries over the past four decades. We show that there has been a secular increase in the 90-50 wage differential in the US and the UK since the late 1970s. By contrast the 50-10 differential rose mainly in the 1980s and flattened or...
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such unique historical 'experiments' helps understand how firms and markets respond when new technology leads to a dramatic …
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such unique historical 'experiments' helps understand how firms and markets respond when new technology leads to a dramatic …
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regions to build capacity in the new technology of mechanised cotton spinning and later to compete successfully in …
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estimates a simple model to capture the effects of technology, globalization, institutions and product demand effects on the …
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assortative matching between worker skill and firm technology explains the employer size-wage premium and the exporter wage … upwards shift in the firm technology distribution. Consequently, the demand for skill and wage inequality increase in all … random draw and when technology is endogenous to firm level R&D. With endogenous technology, the increased demand for skill …
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Guy Michaels and colleagues show how new technologies are polarising the labour market, with the middle-skilled losing out most
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This paper investigates the impact of schools banning mobile phones on student test scores. By surveying schools in four English cities regarding their mobile phone policies and combining it with administrative data, we find that student performance in high stakes exams significantly increases...
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