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, wages of both skill groups, and unemployment. In contrast to the canonical model with a fixed task allocation, low …-skilled workers may be harmed in terms of either lower wages or higher unemployment depending on the relative task …
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This paper explores the employment impact of innovation activity, taking into account both R&D expenditures and … ETC is included as a proxy for innovation activities. Moreover, the positive employment impacts of innovation activities …
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Does adoption of broadband internet in firms enhance labor productivity and increase wages? And is this technological … technology by adopting broadband internet. A public program with limited funding rolled out broadband access points, and provides … examine how it shifts the production technology and changes the productivity and labor outcomes of different types of workers …
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Considering the contribution of the distribution of individual wages and earnings to that of household incomes we find … employment, rising dual-earnership and part-time employment underline its relevance. We discuss the measurement of wage …
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How do firms respond to technological advances that facilitate the automation of tasks? Which tasks will they automate, and what types of worker will be replaced as a result? We present a model that distinguishes between a task's engineering complexity and its training requirements. When two...
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Different empirical studies suggest that the structure of employment in the U.S. and Great Britain tends to polarise … until 2008. Using representative panel data, we show that this trend corresponds to a task bias in employment changes …: routine jobs have lost relative employment, especially in predominantly manual occupations. We further provide the first …
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analyze wage distributions for various labor market subgroups by means of kernel density estimation, variance decompositions … wage brackets which would operate as minimum wages for different groups of workers …
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Social interaction is the primary vehicle through which advancement of information and communication technologies (ICT) affects socio-economic outcomes. In the context of minority-majority relations, social distances and segregation determine the benefits individuals gain from social interaction...
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high-paying occupations, womens' individual-level wages lag behind which implies within-occupation gender wage gaps. A …
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incorporating computer skills, complementary skills and fixed costs for computer technology usage suggested by the micro literature …. It turns out that fixed costs for computer technology usage explain different patterns of computer adoption and diffusion …
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