We study the impact of new technologies (NT) on wages and employment using a unique panel that matches data on individuals and on their firms. As found in the United States (Krueger (1993)), we show that computer users are better paid than non-users (between 15% and 20% more). But we also show...

The authors study the effect of new technologies on wages and employment using a unique panel that matches data on individuals and on their firms. As in the United States, they show that computer users are better paid than nonusers (15-20 percent more). But these workers were already better...

[spa] Los componentes de la herencia social : transmision de un capital económico y de un capital cultural - Según Pierre Bourdieu, el nivel social, en una primera aproximación, es la resultante de una combinación entre un capital económico y un capital cultural. Si la mayoria de los...

[fre] En 1 987, un salarié sur quatre se servait d'un ordinateur dans son travail, au moins de temps en temps. Mais l'usage professionnel de l'ordinateur est plus fréquent en haut de la hiérarchie, puisque un cadre sur deux s'en sert, contre 7 % des ouvriers qualifiés. . L'ordinateur...

During the 1980?'s and 90?'s, while the organizations of firms and work deeply changed, some various forms of work intensity became more frequent. This intensification is a cause, among others, of the degradation of the working conditions felt by the employees. Everything else being equal, work...

[eng] 1954-1982: the disruption of the social landscape - The former code of socio-professional categories endured thirty years, thirty years in the course of which it permitted the measurement of disruptions which have marked the social landscape of the country. 1954: more than one worker out...

[spa] Ascendencia paterna, ascendencia materna : un papel semejante en la herencia social - Para poder establecer en la posición social de cada persona la parte correspondiente a la «herencia » paterna o a la materna, es preciso pasar por los nombres, es decir por los dos abuelos. Se puede...