a skill- and a novel task-based division of the workforce, our elasticity estimates show that supply shifts from …

In this paper, we study the development and underlying drivers of skill premiums in Germany between 1980 and 2008. We … show that the significant increase in the medium to low skill wage premiums since the late 1980s was almost exclusively … explain these patterns. Our model predicts the observed differential evolution of skill premiums very well. The estimates …

This paper examines the labor market implications of investment in automation over the life cycle of ICT and robot … effects within phases of the technology life cycle. We also find that the negative impact of ICT investment on employment is …

elasticity of substitution production function and the endogenous labor supply of three different skill types, which enable us to … isolate the impact of capital-skill complementarity (i.e., demand effects) and varying skill-specific labor supply (i ….e., supply effects) on the evolution of the skill premia as defined by the 9th to 1st, the 9th to 5th, and the 5th to 1st decile …

adjustment costs that are highly unevenly distributed across workers according to their skill levels and conditions of employment …

We study the effects of a voluntary skill certification scheme in an online freelancing labour market. We show that … obtaining skill certificates increases freelancers' earnings. This effect is not driven by increased freelancer productivity but … selection to completing skill certificates, which suggests that the freelancers who complete more skill certificates are in a …