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Organization and Inequality in a Knowledge Economy
Garicano, Luis; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - 2021
We present a theory of the organization of work in an economy where knowledge is an essential input in production: a … may produce on their own or in organizations. Our theory generates an assignment of workers to positions, a wage structure … referral markets. We use our theory to study the impact of information and communication technology, and contrast its …
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Offshoring in a Knowledge Economy
Antras, Pol; Garicano, Luis; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - 2022
question we propose a theory of the assignment of heterogeneous agents into hierarchical teams, where less skilled agents …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013323444
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Computers, Work Organization, and Wage Outcomes
Cappelli, Peter; Carter, William Harmon - 2021
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...
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The Determinants of the Global Digital Divide : A Cross-Country Analysis of Computer and Internet Penetration
Chinn, Menzie David; Fairlie, Robert W. - 2021
To identify the determinants of cross-country disparities in personal computer and Internet penetration, we examine a panel of 161 countries over the 1999-2001 period. Our candidate variables include economic variables (income per capita, years of schooling, illiteracy, trade openness),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013212918
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Fintech Adoption Across Generations : Financial Fitness in the Information Age
Carlin, Bruce I. - 2017
This paper analyzes how better access to financial information via new technology changes use of consumer credit and affects financial fitness. We exploit the introduction of a smartphone application for personal financial management as a source of exogenous variation. FinTech adoption reduces...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012948059
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The Performance Effects of It-Enabled Knowledge Management Practices
Cappelli, Peter - 2010
The extensive literature on knowledge management spans several fields, but there are remarkably few studies that address the basic question as to whether knowledge management practices improve organizational performance. I examine that question using a national probability sample of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139559
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Who Lives in the C-Suite? Organizational Structure and the Division of Labor in Top Management
Guadalupe, Maria - 2014
This paper shows that top management structures in large US firms radically changed since the mid-1980s. While the number of managers reporting directly to the CEO doubled, the growth was driven primarily by functional managers rather than general managers. Using panel data on senior management...
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The Distinct Effects of Information Technology and Communication Technology on Firm Organization
Bloom, Nicholas - 2012
study the impact of ICT on worker autonomy, plant manager autonomy and spans of control. Consistently with the theory we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117035
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Information Technology and Research and Development Impacts on Productivity and Skills : Looking for Correlations on French Firm Level Data
Mairesse, Jacques; Greenan, Nathalie; Topiol-Bensaid, Agnes - 2021
The main objective of the study is descriptive. We set out to explore the (cor)relations between five IT and R&D indicators and measures of labor and total factor productivity, average wage and skill composition, on four panel data samples of French manufacturing and services firms over the two...
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Skill Biased Technological Change and Rising Wage Inequality : Some Problems and Puzzles
Card, David; DiNardo, John E. - 2021
The rise in wage inequality in the U.S. labor market during the 1980s is usually attributed to skill-biased technical change (SBTC), associated with the development of personal computers and related information technologies. We review the evidence in favor of this hypothesis, focusing on the...
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