good fraction of thisinequality growth is due to technology-related increases in the demand for skilled workersoutstripping … clerks, leaving the demand for the lowest skilled service tasks largely unaffected.Finally, I argue that technology is partly …

OECD labor markets have become more “polarized” with employment in the middle of the skill distribution falling … relative to the top and (in recent years) also the bottom of the skill distribution. We test the hypothesis of Autor, Levy, and … technology (like R&D). Technologies can account for up to a quarter of the growth in demand for the college educated in the …

skill premia we observe can be explained by supply or demand factors. We propose a model of demand for skills with three …

of employment in middle-skill production and clerical occupations - so-called job polarization. I study whether job … occupation-specific skill prices. In line with polarization, I find that a one percentage point higher propensity to enter high …- (low-) as opposed to middle-skill occupations is associated with a .29 (.70) percent increase in expected wages over time …

innate ability or a skill that can be trained to enhance individuals’ chances of becoming entrepreneurs. Using panel … attribute, rather than a skill that can be acquired. …

coverage is high, coordinated wage bargaining leads to lower unemployment. (iii) Conscious intervention to raise the skill … Delors White Paper. These are: less employment protection, lower taxes on employment, and lower working hours. Our research … does not suggest that lower employment taxes or lower hours would have any long term effects; while the effects of lower …