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Upstairs, Downstairs : Computer-Skill Complementarity and Computer-Labor Substitution on Two Floors of a Large Bank
Autor, David H. - 2000
, image processing led to the integration of tasks, with an associated increase in the demand for particular skills. The case …
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Information Technology, Workplace Organization and the Demand for Skilled Labor : Firm-Level Evidence
Bresnahan, Timothy F. - 1999
Recently, the relative demand for skilled labor has increased dramatically. We investigate one of the causes, skill … that these co-inventions by IT users change the mix of skills that employers demand. Specifically, we test the hypothesis …-biased technical change. We examine new firm-level data linking several indicators of IT use, workplace organization, and the demand …
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Heterogeneity and the Dynamics of Technology Adoption
Ryan, Stephen P. - 2011
We estimate the demand for a videocalling technology in the presence of both network effects and heterogeneity. Using a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461404
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Management and Shocks to Worker Productivity
Adhvaryu, Achyuta - 2019
The assignment of workers to tasks is an important feature of the organization of production within firms. We study how task allocation across workers changes in response to productivity shocks. Pairing hourly productivity data from a ready-made garments firm with granular data on exposure to...
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Learning-by-Producing and the Geographic Links Between Invention and Production : Experience From the Second Industrial Revolution
Sutthiphisal, Dhanoos - 2006
This paper investigates the impact of ¡§learning-by-producing¡¨ on inventive activity and shows that, in both emerging (electrical equipment and supplies) and maturing (shoes and textiles) industries, the geographic association between invention and production was rather weak during the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466195
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International differences in the business practices and productivity of firms
Freeman, Richard B. (ed.); Shaw, Kathryn (contributor) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003774896
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The Power of Proximity to Coworkers : Training for Tomorrow or Productivity Today?
Emanuel, Natalia; Harrington, Emma; Pallais, Amanda - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Amidst the rise of remote work, we ask: what are the effects of proximity to coworkers? We find being near coworkers has tradeoffs: proximity increases long-run human capital development at the expense of short-term output. We study software engineers at a Fortune 500 firm, whose main campus has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014437011
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External Job Churning and Internal Job Flexibility
Cappelli, Peter - 2001
Concern about job instability and insecurity has a long history and has generated a considerable body of research across the social sciences, most recently focused on whether job stability and security have declined. Internally flexible systems for organizing work, sometimes called 'functionally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470618
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Computers, Work Organization, and Wage Outcomes
Cappelli, Peter - 2000
We examine two factors frequently thought to be changing the U.S. workplace, high performance work practices and computer use, and their relationships with pay using a national probability sample of U.S. establishments. The analysis controls for both organizational and individual characteristics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470751
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What's Driving the New Economy : The Benefits of Workplace Innovation
Black, Sandra E. - 2000
Using a unique nationally representative sample of U.S. establishments surveyed in 1993 and 1996, we examine the relationship between workplace innovations and establishment productivity and wages. We match plant level practices with plant level productivity and wage outcomes and estimate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471297