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different types of labour, including the dimensions of gender, age, and educational attainment. Accumulation of ICT assets have …
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that software and robots reduced the demand for low and medium-skill workers, the young, and women|especially in … manufacturing industries; but raised the demand for high-skill workers, older workers and men|especially in service industries …
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We estimate the effect of the introduction of the UK’s National Living Wage in 2016, and increases in it up to 2019, using a new empirical method. We apply a bunching approach to a setting with no geographical variation in minimum wage rates. We effectively compare employment changes in each...
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dynamics of different skill groups in the six Western Balkan countries (WB6). It differentiates between four educational levels … baseline scenario, it examines how several different scenarios would affect the employment situation of different skill groups … different skill groups. Simulation results of the baseline scenario show that both labour shortage and excess labour for …
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We examine the impact of changes in local labor market concentration on two components of income inequality in Mexico: local wage shares and labor income inequality. Combining data from the Economic Census and the Population and Housing Censuses, we analyze the mechanisms that drive the...
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trade and technology in the mid-1980s. In this paper, we examine the impact of technology on employment and skill demand …
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Using the Colombian Annual Manufacturing Survey (EAM) between 2000 and 2013, this paper investigates the existence of heterogeneity in the labor demand within the industrial sector. Long run own-price, output and TFP elasticities vary across a variety of dimensions such as regions, sectors and...
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Forecasts about the effect of new technologies on labor demand are generally pessimistic. However, little is known about the current level of adoption and the effect on labor demand, particularly in developing countries. This paper exploits a recent employer survey in Peru to offer empirical...
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This paper explores the effects of industrial robots and information and communication technology (ICT) on regional …
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